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Can SPSS Statistics implement Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS)

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Question

Does IBM SPSS Statistics include a procedure for Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS)? Friedman, J.H. (1991). Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines. Annals of Statistics, 19(1), 1-67.

Answer

MARS methods are not implemented in SPSS Statistics. There are apparently R and Python packages that do implement MARS, so an R or Python routine could be written with the programmability plug-ins and turned into an extension command, but there are no built-in procedures available. An Enhancement Request has been filed to suggest the addition of MARS modeling methods to SPSS Statistics.

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