Stepwise regression involves selection of independent variables to use in a model based on an iterative process of adding or removing variables.

Robert B. Bendel, A. A. Afifi, Comparison of Stopping Rules in Forward "Stepwise" Regression, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 72, No. 357 (Mar ...

1. The biases and shortcomings of stepwise multiple regression are well established within the statistical literature. However, an examination of papers published in 2004 by three leading ecological ...