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Download full textThayer, Jerome D. – 1986
The stepwise regression method of selecting predictors for computer assisted multiple regression analysis was compared with forward, backward, and best subsets regression, using 16 data sets. The results indicated the stepwise method was preferred because of its practical nature, when the models chosen by different selection methods were similar…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Mathematical Models, Multiple Regression Analysis
