Re: [R] Problem Installing a local package in linux

2011-10-27 Thread sambit rath
file (the directy that is) to your path. > > cheers, > Paul > > On 10/27/2011 12:56 PM, sambit rath wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I am "still" fairly new to R and newer still to linux (opensuse). I >> want to install a package called "FEAR" from &

[R] Problem Installing a local package in linux

2011-10-27 Thread sambit rath
Dear all, I am "still" fairly new to R and newer still to linux (opensuse). I want to install a package called "FEAR" from "http://www.clemson.edu/economics/faculty/wilson/Software/FEAR/fear-download.html";. So, I downloaded the tar.gz file called "FEAR-linux-64bit-2.6.16.60-0.21-smp.tar.gz" and

[R] glmnet with binary predictors

2011-02-03 Thread sambit rath
Hi Everybody! I must start with a declaration that I am a sparse user of R. I am creating a credit scorecard using a dataset which has a variable depicting actual credit history (good/bad) and 41 other variables of yes/no type. The procedure I am asked to follow is to use a penalized logistic proc

Re: [R] How to make 'step' faster?

2010-08-20 Thread sambit rath
Fri, 2010-08-20 at 12:25 +0530, sambit rath wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I am fairly new to R. I would like to perform a step-wise logit >> regression aiming to select a model on the basis of AIC. I am using >> some large datasets (up to a million rows and 97 variables). It

[R] How to make 'step' faster?

2010-08-19 Thread sambit rath
Dear all, I am fairly new to R. I would like to perform a step-wise logit regression aiming to select a model on the basis of AIC. I am using some large datasets (up to a million rows and 97 variables). It is taking the 'step' function just too long to complete a single routine. Now, I have tried