[R] Using lm coefficients in polyroot()

[Lukasz Komsta]

Dnia 2005-08-19 11:50, UÅ¼ytkownik Dieter Menne napisaÅ‚:


> Are you really sure you want to throw away lower order terms in a fit by 
> misusing stepAIC? With the rare exception of omitting a constant offset, I 
> don't know any case where there are good reasons to omit lower order terms in a 

I appreciate your will to prevent me from misusing stepAIC :), but I 
would like to perform some Monte-Carlo study of such case, these are not 
real-life data. Without the function, this study is not possible.

> For a more competent discussion of the matter, read Bill Venables
> 
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS3/Exegeses.pdf

I know it. Thank you again.

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Lukasz Komsta
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