Dear R users, I'm analysing some data, and I'm using an lme function. I have a problem with choosing the right order for three of my explanatory variables, which shows collinearity. Is there any rules to make the decision?(r.squared?) Or it's better if I choose the order, that I think gives me more information about the data? Say x1 is the variable with the highest r.squared, x3 is with the lowest. If i use m1=lme(y~x1+x2+x3,...) x2, and x3 is not significant, but if i use m2=lme(y~x2+x3+x1, ...) all of the 3 variable is significant. I would prefer the the m2, because it gives me more ionformation about the dat, but in this case I have to leave in the model x2 and x3, which causes the increase in AIC. What's the solution? Can anybody help me? Cheers ________________________________________________________ „Olyan cikkeket akarunk, amelyek k?zelebb viszik az orsz?got ahhoz, hogy n?pbut?t?s ?s alantas ?szt?n?k helyett v?giggondolt gondolatok ir?ny?ts?k.” – komment.hu http://ad.adverticum.net/b/cl,1,6022,318025,391319/click.prm