A researcher is studying the effect of 10 different variables on a critical measure of business performance. A multiple regression analysis including all 10 variables is performed. What criterion could be used to eliminate 1 of the 10 variables? Use the 0.05 significance level.
A. Eliminate variable (s) whose p-value is (are) greater than .05.
B. Eliminate variable (s) whose p-value is (are) less than .05.
C. Eliminate variable (s) whose t statistic is (are) greater than 3.
D. Eliminate variable (s) whose coefficient is (are) greater than .05.