There is disclosed apparatuses and methods for performing stepwise regression analysis on industry data. These apparatuses include a processor and memory which comprise circuits and software for performing the instructions on a storage medium comprising accessing a set of data specific to a business environment wherein the set of data comprises a set of values for a set of variables that describe a business environment; receiving a selection of a first variable from the set of variables; generating a correlation table, wherein the correlation table is generated by determining a correlation between the first variable and each remaining variable in the set of variables; and rank-ordering each of the remaining variables in the set of variables based on the correlation; and displaying the correlation table.