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Another Cautionary Note about R2: Its Use in Weighted Least-Squares Regression Analysis

John B. Willett Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
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Judith D. Singer Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
Pages 236-238 | Received 01 Oct 1986, Published online: 27 Feb 2012

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