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On the inappropriateness of stepwise regression analysis for model building and testing

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  1. Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 110 Ruth Leverton Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0806, USA

    Moh H. Malek

  2. Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA

    Dale E. Berger

  3. Division of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6870, USA

    Jared W. Coburn

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Malek, M.H., Berger, D.E. & Coburn, J.W. On the inappropriateness of stepwise regression analysis for model building and testing. Eur J Appl Physiol 101, 263–264 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-007-0485-9

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