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A procedure for stepwise regression analysis

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A procedure for stepwise regression analysis for the non-experimental case is suggested. Regarding the problem as a multiple inference one, the procedure picks out the relevant regressors and, based on a slightly new approach, estimates the structure of dependencies among the variables involved.

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  1. Department of Statistics, University of Göteborg, Viktoriagatan 13, S-411 25, Göteborg, Sweden

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Johnsson, T. A procedure for stepwise regression analysis. Statistical Papers 33, 21–29 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925308

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