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The paper is the rejoinder to a series of Discussions on the class of cub models for rating data. The main topics advanced by Discussants are reviewed and debated, with focus on the most prominent issues. As a result, the trailhead of possible future research developments is outlined.
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The research has been partially funded by the ‘cub Regression Model Trees project’ (Project No. 000025_ALTRI_DR_1043_2017-C-CAPPELLI) of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
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Piccolo, D., Simone, R. Rejoinder to the discussion of “The class of cub models: statistical foundations, inferential issues and empirical evidence”. Stat Methods Appl 28, 477–493 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-019-00479-5
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