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Re: st: Backward Selection (AIC) with xtmixed
From
Allan Kennedy <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Backward Selection (AIC) with xtmixed
Date
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:53:10 -0400
Could you provide a deeper rationale as to why this approach is not
recommended?/
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:44 PM, SR Millis <[email protected]> wrote:
> This procedure is not recommended.
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> Scott R Millis, PhD, ABPP, CStat, PStat®
> Professor
> Wayne State University School of Medicine
> Email: [email protected]
> Email: [email protected]
> Tel: 313-993-8085
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>
> --- On Fri, 7/15/11, Allan Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Allan Kennedy <[email protected]>
>> Subject: st: Backward Selection (AIC) with xtmixed
>> To: [email protected]
>> Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 10:36 PM
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am interesting is using an automated command that will
>> estimate
>> model fit with a backward selection model with AIC of an
>> --xtmixed--
>> approach. I know that both --stepwise-- and --swaic-- both
>> do not
>> support xtmixed but I wanted to see if there were any other
>> user
>> written programs that support --xtmixed--. An example of my
>> code is as
>> follows:
>>
>> xtmixed OUTCOME 10PREDICTORS CONTROL VARIABLES
>> ||RANDOM_1:
>> ||RANDOM_2: ||RANDOM_3: , covariance(unstructured) var mle
>>
>> I would like to estimate the lowest AIC model of any
>> combination of
>> the 10 predictors.
>>
>> Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> --AK
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