Table 6. SAR model compared with previously reported models (Ivanciuc, 1998).


Steiger Test

Model

Characteristic

NN

MLR

r(Toxexp. Ŷ4v-Eq(2))

0.9815

r(Toxexp. Ŷ (Ivanciuc, 1998)

0.9643

0.9551

r(Ŷ4v-Eq(4). Ŷ (Ivanciuc, 1998)

0.9379

0.9273

Z (Steiger test parameter)

1.6939

2.2781

pZ (type I error of Z parameter)

4.51·10-2

1.14·10-2

NN: neural network; MLR: Multiple Linear Regression.

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