The article “Histologic Estimation of Age at Death Using the Anterior Cortex of the Femu...

The article “Histologic Estimation of Age at Death Using the Anterior Cortex of the Femur” (American Journal of Physical Anthropology [1991]: 171– 179) developed multiple regression models to relate y = age at death to a number of different predictor variables. Stepwise regression (an automatic selection procedure favored over the backward elimination method by many statisticians) was used to identify models shown in the accompanying table, for the case of females.

Based on the given information, which of these models would you recommend using, and why?