Methodological Urban Legends: The Misuse of Statistical Control Variables
Abstract
The automatic or blind inclusion of control variables in multiple regression and other analyses, intended to purify observed relationships among variables of interest, is widespread and can be considered an example of practice based on a methodological urban legend. Inclusion of such variables in most cases implicitly assumes that the control variables are somehow either contaminating the measurement of the variables of interest or affecting the...
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Title
Methodological Urban Legends: The Misuse of Statistical Control Variables
Published Date
Jun 2, 2010
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
287 - 305
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