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There are many times in science when you want to predict a criterion, Y, but you want to find out if you can develop a better prediction model by using several predictors in combination (e.g. X 1, X 2, X 3, etc.) instead of a single predictor, X.
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Quirk, T.J., Quirk, M., Horton, H. (2012). Multiple Correlation and Multiple Regression . In: Excel 2010 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5779-4_7
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