I want to compare the fit of a quadratic model to continuous data, with that
of a cubic spline fit. Is there a way of computing AIC from for e.g. a GAM
with a smoothing spine, and comparing this to AIC from a quadratic model?

 

Cheers

 

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Institute of Evolutionary Biology
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