I would like to force a specific variable to always be the first split criterion in rpart, somewhat analagous to forcing a variable into a stepwise regression. I looked in V & R, and in the help files for the rpart package. If it's there, it's pretty well hidden. Can anyone help me with this? ______________________________________________________________________ Stuart Luppescu -=-=- University of Chicago ºÍʸ ¤ÈÃÒÆàÈþ¤ÎÉã(EUC) -=-=- s-luppescu at uchicago.edu http://www.consortium-chicago.org/people/sl/sl.html ICQ #21172047 AIM: psycho7070 "They ought to make butt-flavored cat food." --Gallagher>> Sent on 02-Feb-99 at 13:18:44 with xfmail-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._