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Computes approximate relative weights for correlated predictors in a multiple regression with one criterion.

Usage

relative_weights(predictor_cor, criterion_cor)

Arguments

predictor_cor

Predictor correlation matrix.

criterion_cor

Vector of predictor-criterion correlations.

Value

A data frame with raw and rescaled relative weights.

References

Johnson, J. W. (2000). A heuristic method for estimating the relative weight of predictor variables in multiple regression. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 35, 1-19.

Examples

# Literature: Johnson (2000).
relative_weights(matrix(c(1, .30, .30, 1), 2, 2), c(.40, .30))
#>   predictor raw_weight rescaled_weight percent_of_r2
#> 1         1  0.1328022       0.1328022      67.89326
#> 2         2  0.0628022       0.0628022      32.10674