Variable‐selection and measurement concerns
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Institutional Research
- Vol. 1982 (36), 35-53
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ir.37019823605
Abstract
Those studying persistence/attrition behavior need to give considerable thought not only to the process by which variables are selected but also to the adequacy with which they are measured.Keywords
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