will add() or drop() function work more similarly as SAS? I understand that there are not many observation points which might cause the problem, but why can the automated process run successfully in SAS instead?
From: David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> To: Liang Che/US/TLS/PwC@Americas-US Cc: <r-help@r-project.org> Date: 10/08/2012 09:10 PM Subject: Re: [R] why does R stepAIC keep unsignificant variables? On Oct 8, 2012, at 5:43 PM, liang....@us.pwc.com wrote: > Ran a bunch of variables in R and the final result of StepAIC is as below: > Why are the first 5 variables kept in the stepwise result?? Are the last > 4 variables finally chosen after Stepwise? Thanks > > Coefficients: > Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) > (Intercept) 1.315e-01 2.687e-01 0.490 0.63611 > Core_CPI__ 1.290e-02 7.496e-03 1.721 0.11927 > GDP_change -3.482e-03 2.075e-03 -1.678 0.12767 > Unemployment 1.209e-02 6.970e-03 1.735 0.11685 > interest -5.580e-03 3.923e-03 -1.422 0.18863 > housing 6.692e-04 5.812e-04 1.151 0.27928 > S_P 7.636e-05 3.967e-05 1.925 0.08641 . > d1 2.087e-02 6.102e-03 3.421 0.00762 ** > d2 -2.059e-02 7.331e-03 -2.808 0.02043 * > d3 -2.769e-02 6.268e-03 -4.418 0.00168 ** > --- > Signif. codes: 0 ?***? 0.001 ?**? 0.01 ?*? 0.05 ?.? 0.1 ? ? 1 > Residual standard error: 0.008362 on 9 degrees of freedom > Multiple R-squared: 0.9534, Adjusted R-squared: 0.9069 > F-statistic: 20.48 on 9 and 9 DF, p-value: 5.866e-05 install.package(fortunes) requie(fortune) fortune(182) -- David Winsemius, MD Alameda, CA, USA ______________________________________________________________________ The information transmitted, including any attachments, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited, and all liability arising therefrom is disclaimed. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership. This communication may come from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or one of its subsidiaries. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.