Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, 3rd Edition

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Outliers and Multicollinearity: Diagnosing and Solving Regression Problems II

10.1 INTRODUCTION

In Chapters 2, 3, and 5 through 9 we focused on presenting multiple regression/correlation analysis as a general data analytic system. We have illuminated the flexibility and power of this analytical tool to answer a wide variety of research questions of interest to behavioral scientists. Our presentation has progressed from simple to complex models, from linear to nonlinear and interactive relationships, and from quantitative to qualitative to combinations of quantitative and qualitative IVs. The sole exception to this progression was in Chapter 4. There we considered problems that arise from the violation of the assumptions underlying multiple ...