A limitation with least squares predictions |
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| Authors: | Teresa L Bittner |
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| Institution: | Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. e‐mail: teresa.bittner@waldenu.edu |
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| Abstract: | Although researchers have documented that some data make larger contributions than others to predictions made with least squares models, it is relatively unknown that some data actually make no contribution to the predictions produced by these models. This article explores such noncontributory data. |
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| Keywords: | Teaching Noncontribution of data Linear models Sensitivity analysis |
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