Statalist The Stata Listserver   RE: st: stepwise (with multiple
imputation)  To   <> Subject   RE: st: stepwise (with multiple
imputation) Date   Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:58:05 -0500  Once you have
the model, then you do the regression with only the "real" data.
If you come up with a different "best" model each time you do
the imputation, then probably any of these "best" ones will do.
The difference between them is noise.  Al F.  -----Original
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10:15 AM Subject: Re: st: stepwise (  Hi Richard,   I specified
'Forward' selection in both SPSS and Stata, and my understanding
of 'Forward' is:   You start with the empty model, ie with just
the constant, then you add each one in turn, then you examine
the p values. You include in the model the one with the lowest p
value if it also is within the criteria, say p<.15. Then you
repeat again, retaining that variable, until that your variable
with the lowest p value is no longer less than .15. This
procedure I lear