Hi.. I pass a lm() object to step() but after a few steps it stops with the error message. say: x1<-lm(y~.,data=z) x2<-step(x1) i have 516 observations and 299 variables. after a few steps i get the error message: Error in one %*% x : requires numeric matrix/vector arguments anyone knows why this happens after some steps. its an lm object that is passed so i am not sure where the error might be Thanks. Harsh --------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]]