[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello, > > I did a regression analysis with 15 variables and 4 of them were not > significant. I'm not quite sure what's the best solution for this > problem: > > - leaving the regression equation like it is with all variables and > just don't interprete the not signifikant variables > > or > > - making a new regression analysis without the not significant > variables, i.e. with the method "stepwise". > > Any comments on this or literature how to solve this problem right? I > really appreciate every answer and have to admit I'm quite a newbie in > statistics...
Essentially it depends on what you're doing it for. In many circumstances (but not necessarily all) the best thing to do is leave them in. Removing them can cause problems. Glen . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
