What should be the value of p for eliminating a indeoendent variable
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Hello,
In my regression analysis, I have 1 dependent and 5 independent variables.
The analysis showed that fifth independent variable's p-value (Sig.) is 0.734, which is 0.05, thus statistically insignificant for analysis/model.
The regression method I am using is: Enter.
My question is: 1) how should I state this result in my paper?
I understand that it's p-value is more than 0.05 thus it doesn't fit to model, therefor we can't do any kind of assumptions regarding it. Moreover, The hypothesis connected with this variable is rejected. But all this does not seem enough, I assume, so I am in doubt if it's enough for paper to write in.
2) and moreover, should I remove that variable and do reg. analysis again? I know it can be done with "Backward" method in one go, but still I don't know how to interpret the results from it correctly. I mean, should I use second model's results (Beta, p values, etc...) (with 5th variable removed) in my paper?
Please advise. any kind of help will be highly appreciated!
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