We show that there is no formal statistical testing method to support combining categories in a standard ordered regression model. We discuss practical implications of this result.

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Franses, P. H., & Cramer, M. (2010). On the number of categories in an ordered regression model. Statistica Neerlandica, 64(1), 125–128. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9574.2009.00432.x