Date:         Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:28:03 -0400
Reply-To:     "Campenni, Estelle" <Campenni@es.marywood.edu>
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From:         "Campenni, Estelle" <Campenni@es.marywood.edu>
Subject:      regression question
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Greetings all!!!

I am conducting a stepwise regression with 4 predictor variables. The
correlation matrix indicates that there is at least one predictor which is
significantly correlated with Y. Why then would I get no significant results
in my stepwise? I assumed that the variable which shows a significant simple
correlation with Y would enter in the first step but it is not. Thoughts or
explanations? Thanks in advance

Estelle campenni, Ph.D.
Marywood University