Re: mathematica stepwise regression package

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From: Gary McClelland
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:09

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bjk@edsr.eds.com (Brian Kodl) writes:

>Sorry if this is a frequently asked question, but has anyone
>written a package for Mathematica that does stepwise regression?

>None of the packages that came with Mathematica 2.1 for NeXT 
>include stepwise, forward, or backward regression (at least that
>I could find).

Stepwise regression is a tool of the devil.  Anyone smart enough
to be using Mathematica ought to be able to decide which
questions he or she wants to ask of the data rather than letting
a demonstrably suboptimal stepwise algorithm decide which
questions to ask.  One day there may be good AI programs for
doing statistical analysis, but stepwise regression won't be
among them.

gary mcclelland
univ of colorado
mcclella@yertle.colorado.edu

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