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There are situations where many potential explanatory variables can be measured, but there is no way to know which of those are actually most helpful in predicting the response. Many methods may be employed to either narrow the field or provide a predictive model when it is very difficult to select or eliminate any regressors.
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Pardo, S. (2020). Models, Models Everywhere…Model Selection. In: Statistical Analysis of Empirical Data. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43328-4_11
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