Which of the Following Variable Selection Procedures Would Be Considered

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following variable selection procedures would be considered non-heuristic

• A) forward selection.
• B) backward elimination.
• C) best-subsets regression.
• D) stepwise regression.

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