Re: [R] AIC and model selection; not a R question

2007-11-24 Thread Ben Bolker
Lynnette Dagenais wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if someone could help me answer a question that is bound > to come up in my Master's defense. I'm using AIC to select models and my > question is how do I know that the models I developed a priori contain the > 'best' models in the system.

Re: [R] AIC and model selection; not a R question

2007-11-24 Thread Charles C. Berry
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Lynnette Dagenais wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if someone could help me answer a question that is bound > to come up in my Master's defense. Lynnette, I expect you will get some opinions here, but you might get a better answer from your committee. Have you already ask

[R] AIC and model selection; not a R question

2007-11-24 Thread Lynnette Dagenais
Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me answer a question that is bound to come up in my Master's defense. I'm using AIC to select models and my question is how do I know that the models I developed a priori contain the 'best' models in the system. How do I not know that some models which