F -to-enter

n. in model-building procedures such as forward selection, the specific ratio of variances needed to justify adding a variable as a predictor. Generally, an F-to-enter value around 4.0 is sufficient to allow a variable to be included in an analysis.

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Psychology term of the day

February 17th 2025

panacea

n. a solution or remedy for everything that is wrong with a given problem or that universally applies to a set of related problems.