How might one interpret the relative importance of independent variables, causes or determiners when a dependent variable depends on those determiners together with chance? Such questions arise throughout science, technology, and national life. The paper attemps to clarify and critically describe a number of approaches to the problem of understanding relative importance.
@article{urn:eudml:doc:40026, title = {Concepts of relative importance.}, journal = {Q\"uestii\'o}, volume = {8}, year = {1984}, pages = {39-45}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:40026} }
Kruskal, William. Concepts of relative importance.. Qüestiió, Tome 8 (1984) pp. 39-45. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:40026/