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Standardizing regression inputs by dividing by two standard deviations Jay Goodliffe’s comments on standardizing regression inputs

Interesting bioethics blog

Posted on June 22, 2006 9:09 AM by Andrew

Following the link from Jon Baron’s site, I found this interesting blog from the American Journal of Bioethics.

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