The Primary Use of Stepwise Regression Is to Identify the Most

question 27

Multiple Choice

The primary use of stepwise regression is to identify the most important ________ that should be included in the multiple regression model.

• A) independent variables
• B) dependent variables
• C) dummy variables
• D) quadratic variables

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