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Matching and Prediction on the Principle of Biological Classification
Author(s) -
Belson William A.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985543
Subject(s) - mathematics , statistics
In this article Dr Belson describes a technique for matching population samples. This depends upon the combination of empirically developed predictors to give the best available predictive, or matching, composite. The underlying principle is quite distinct from that inherent in the multiple correlation method.