@article{ref1,
title="Parole Prediction Using Multiple Correlation",
journal="American journal of sociology",
year="1954",
author="Kirby, Bernard C.",
volume="59",
number="6",
pages="539-550",
abstract="From the records of 455 federal parolees data were taken on nineteen items. Prediction tables were prepared by a method of the type of Burgess and others, using the discriminant function, a multiple correlation technique. The latter method achieved some improvement in predictive efficiency, plus three theoretical advantages: in selecting and weighting predictors, and exact measure of association is employed, the statistical characteristics of which are defined; the predictor weights are proportional to the contribution of the variable to the total variance in the criterion; information is exploited regarding association among the predictors as well as between them and the criterion.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-9602",
doi="10.1086/221440",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/221440"
}