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Direct linkGoenner, Cullen F.; Snaith, Sean M. – Research in Higher Education, 2004
Empirical analysis requires researchers to choose which variables to use as controls in their models. Theory should dictate this choice, yet often in social science there are several theories that may suggest the inclusion or exclusion of certain variables as controls. The result of this is that researchers may use different variables in their…
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