ARTICLE CRITIQUE [MULTIPLE REGRESSION] Lesar, S., Gerber, M. M., & Semmel, M. I. (1995). HIV infection in children: Family stress, social support, and adaptation. Exceptional Children, 62(3), 224-236.
The quantitative procedure used in the study reported in this article was a stepwise multiple regression analysis. The stepwise approach is a specialized multiple regression procedure. The multiple regression procedure was used in this study because the model being tested in the study was comprised of multiple dependent and independent variables. The stepwise approach to multiple regression analysis is useful in cases such as this study where there are multiple categories for the dependent variable.
Multiple regression is a general statistical technique through which one can analyze the relatio