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Download full textLockridge, Jewel – 1997
Researchers persist in using stepwise regression in spite of problems with this approach. As noted by B. Thompson (1995), three problems accompany the use of stepwise applications. The first is that computer packages may use incorrect degrees of freedom in their computations, resulting in a greater likelihood of obtaining a spurious statistical…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Error of Measurement, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology
