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Coefficient of Determination

In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
Edited by: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman & Tim Futing Liao
Subject:Research Methods

Represented by r2 for the bivariate case and R2 in the multivariate case, the coefficient of determination is a measure of GOODNESS OF FIT in ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES LINEAR REGRESSION. (In the multivariate case, it is often called the coefficient of ...

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  Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. F. (2004). Coefficient of determination. In The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods (Vol. 1, pp. 139-139). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n132
  
  Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan Bryman, and Tim F. Liao. "Coefficient of Determination." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan Bryman, and Tim F. Liao, 139-139. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n132.
  
  Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A. and Liao, T. F. 2004. Coefficient of Determination. In: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman and Tim F. Liao Editors, 2004. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 139 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n132> [Accessed 4 Jul 2022].
  
  Lewis-Beck, Michael S., et al. "Coefficient of Determination." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004, pp. 139-139. SAGE Knowledge. 4 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n132.
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