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Homogeneous Groups and the Testing of Economic Hypotheses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Edwin J. Elton  and
Martin J. Gruber
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In testing hypotheses, researchers are almost always faced with the problem of isolating the effect of certain variables. This is a particularly acute problem in the social sciences, where the absence of an experimental environment means that researchers must resort to statistical methods of adjustment.

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Security Analysis
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 4 , Issue 5 , January 1970 , pp. 581 - 602
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1970

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