A Square Root Method of Selecting a Minimum Set of Variables in Multiple Regression: II. A Worked Example

1 December 1951

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika

Vol. 16 (4) , 425-437
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02288804

Abstract

The square root method of selection has been explained in a previous article. In the present article a worked example is given which illustrates the compactness of the procedure. The square root method is compared with the Wherry-Doolittle method.

Keywords

MULTIPLE REGRESSION
SQUARE ROOT METHOD
METHOD OF SELECTION
SELECTING
WORKED EXAMPLE
MINIMUM SET
THESQUARE ROOT

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