[R] How does the lm() function work?

[Phillip Good]

Thank you.  I'll install the MASS library.

----- Original Message -----
From: Roger D. Peng <rpeng at jhsph.edu>
To: Phillip Good <pigood at verizon.net>
Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [R] How does the lm() function work?


> lm() itself does not implement any model selection procedures.  step()
> and stepAIC() in the MASS library do.
>
> -roger
>
> Phillip Good wrote:
> > Does the lm() function use forward, backward, stepwise or some other
method of multivariable regression?  Where can I look up the details?
> >
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