Power Models and Error Terms

Derald Walling, H. Lawrence Hotchkiss and Evans W. Curry
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Derald Walling: Texas Tech University
H. Lawrence Hotchkiss: Ohio State University
Evans W. Curry: Texas Tech University

Sociological Methods & Research, 1984, vol. 13, issue 1, 121-126

Abstract: An example is presented to illustrate potential problems of working with logarithmic transformations to linearize an intrinsically nonlinear power model. Recommendations to avoid the pitfalls identified herein are offered.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1177/0049124184013001005

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