1 dependent field - find most influential independent fields

[jagnew]

Hi

I have a dataset with 55 columns. I want to determine which of the columns can be used to determine the likely value of column A, they are a mix of character and numeric fields.

I am not sure which method to select/statistic to use. I have tried PROC CORR but this errors due to field type.

Any advice with this would be great.

Thanks

[Ksharp]

Check PROC PLS, in its documentation, there is an example about variable's importance.

Or Check PROC HPGENSELECT,pick up the variable has the smallest P-value or the largest absolution parameter value.

[jagnew]

Thanks, I'll check those out