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Table 3 Variable Importance

From: Consent to data linkage in a large online epidemiological survey of 18–23 year old Australian women in 2012–13

Variables

Importance

Validation Importance

Ratio of Validation Importance to Training Importance

Area of residence

1.0000

1.0000

1.0000

Incentive and data linkage information

0.4435

0.5130

1.1566

Recruitment method

0.3564

0.4122

1.1566

Managing on available income

0.3324

0.3844

1.1566

  1. Other potential explanatory variables with lower scores of importance were not included in this table
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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