Title : 
Using Bayesian Dominance Hierarchies to Determine Predictor Importance in Service Research Predictive Studies
         
        
            Author : 
Xiaoyin Wang ; Duverger, P. ; Bansal, H.S.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Coll. of Sci. & Math, Towson Univ., Towson, MD, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Empirical results in business research derived from multiple linear regression models are often susceptible to issues of dimensionality and multicollinearity. We extend the current research practices for addressing multicollinearity by introducing an original method, Bayesian Dominance Hierarchy (BDH) to determine the relative importance of predictors in a multiple regression context.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Bayes methods; commerce; regression analysis; BDH; Bayesian dominance hierarchies; business research; linear regression; predictor importance; service research predictive studies; Analytical models; Bayesian methods; Biological system modeling; Business; Context; Educational institutions; Predictive models; Bayesian; Dominance Analysis; Marketing Research Model; Predictor Importance;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Service Sciences (IJCSS), 2012 International Joint Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Shanghai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-1992-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IJCSS.2012.68