Context, Social Construction, and Statistics: Regression, Social Science, and Human Geography
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 30 (2) , 225-234
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a300225
Abstract
In response to a paper by T J Barnes, published in 1998, the author accepts the same social-constructivist perspective, but argues that the structure of regression was not excessively constrained by its biometric origins. The history of regression and its use in the social sciences is examined, and the author argues that any assessment of regression in human geography must be set against this wider context.Keywords
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