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October 13, 2025Open Access

Variable Selection Using Relative Importance Rankings

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TCTian‐Sheuan ChangACArgon Chen

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Overview

This analysis demonstrates that relative importance effectively ranks variables, suggesting improved predictive models compared to marginal correlation.

Key Points

  • Relative importance measures accurately rank variables, especially when faced with suppressed or weak predictors.
  • Predictive models using relative importance significantly outperform those built on marginal correlation, achieving competitive results against traditional methods.
  • Implementing general dominance and comprehensive relative importance reveals their strengths in variable selection over common techniques like the lasso.
  • The study underscores the need for broader recognition of relative importance tools in both statistics and machine learning landscapes.

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Chang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ecfebf950606aabec09278https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.10853
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