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A stepwise discrete variable selection procedure |
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| Authors: | Matthew Goldstein William R. Dillon |
| Affiliation: | 1. Baruch College , CUNY , New York, New York;2. School of Business Administration , University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Abstract: | A stepwise variable selection procedure for multinomial discrimination is presented and discussed. Based upon the work of Kullback and Hills, stopping rules are proposed and illustrated for a set of data on communication buyer behavior. |
| Keywords: | multinomial discrimination stopping rule Kullback divergence communication buyer behavior |