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stepwise entry  

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  • a method in which predictors are entered according to some statistical criteria in statistical methods such as logistic regression, multiple regression, discriminant function analysis and log-linear analysis. The results of such an analysis may depend on very small differences in predictors meeting those criteria. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics; stepwise entry]

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