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Angle, John – Sociological Methods and Research, 1979
This paper poses a research question about how a person's work experience affects his or her earnings and shows how the Cumulative Experience Method (CEM) can provide an answer to the question using all available information in a longitudinal data set. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Experience, Income, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematical Models
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Wilson, Thomas P. – Sociological Methods and Research, 1979
A recent recommendation by Holt (EJ 200 576) that coefficients resulting from estimating log-linear and similar models should not be interpreted is argued to be based on lack of clarity about the substantive and theoretical importance of the choice between dummy and effect coding for categorical variables. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Expectancy Tables, Goodness of Fit, Mathematical Models, Probability
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Smith, Kent W.; Sasaki, M. S. – Sociological Methods and Research, 1979
A method is proposed for overcoming the problem of multicollinearity in multiple regression equations where multiplicative independent terms are entered. The method is not a ridge regression solution. (JKS)
Descriptors: Correlation, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematical Models, Multiple Regression Analysis