Date:         Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:15:29 -0500
Reply-To:     Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Relative Importance of Explanatory Variables,
              Standardized Coefficients, STB option, etc.
Comments: To: "David L. Cassell" <cassell.david@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>

Sure, instructive rants, such as yours, rank right up there (I'd say you
had a high standardized coefficient of information, but perhaps I shouldn't
go there...)  I haven't seen Kruskal's papers yet (and, by the way, his two
brothers are no slouches, either), but the method you describe of averaging
partial correlations over different orderings sounds worth investigating --
I wonder whether someone has coded this up into a generally available SAS
macro?

Thanks!

--  TMK  --
"The Macro Klutz"