If we would like to order the predictors of a multiple regression from least significant to most significant which of the following will always yield the desired order?

1. Ordering the predictors by their p values from the largest value to the smallest value

2. ordering the predictors by their slope coefficients from the smallest absolute value to the largest absolute value

3. Ordering the predictors by their t values from the smallest absolute value to the largest absolute value

Is the answer..

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) 1 2 and 3