similar to: StepAIC with coxph

Hi, i'm trying to apply StepAIC with coxph...but i have the same error: stepAIC(fitBMT) Start: AIC=327.77 Surv(TEMPO,morto==1) ˜ VOD + SESSO + ETA + ........ Error in dropterm.default(fit,scope$drop, scale=scale,trace=max(0, : number of rows in use has changed: remove missing values? anybody know this error?? Thanks. Michele [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Hello, My question concerns model selection, stepAIC(), add1(), and coxph(). In Venables and Ripley (3rd Ed) pp389-390 there is an example of using stepAIC() for the automated selection of a coxph model for VA lung cancer data. A statistics question: Can partial likelihoods be interpreted in the same manner as likelihoods with respect to information based criterion and likelihood ratio tests?

Dear R-Help, I am trying to perform forward selection on the following coxph model: >my.bpfs <- Surv(bcox$pfsdays, bcox$pfscensor) > b.cox <- coxph(my.bpfs ~ Cbase + Abase + Cbave + CbSD + KPS + gender + as.factor(eor) + Age)>stepAIC(b.cox, scope=list(upper =~ Cbase + Abase + Cbave + CbSD + KPS + gender + as.factor(eor) + Age, lower=~1), direction= c("forward")) However

Is it appropriate to use stepAIC (library MASS) with coxph objects (from library survival5) that use "cluster(id)"? It is my understanding that, when using "cluster(id)", we can test for sets of terms by using the methods in Wei et al., (1989; JASA, 84: 1065-1073), or as explained in pp. 53 and ff. of the survival.ps document. But if we use a likelihood ratio test instead

Based on the stepAIC help, I have assumed that it only was for lm, aov, and glm models. I gather from the following correspondence that it also works with lme models. Thomas Lumley 07:40 a.m. 28/04/03 -0700 4 Re: [R] stepAIC/lme problem (1.7.0 only) Prof Brian Ripley 04:19 p.m. 28/04/03 +0100 6 Re: [R] stepAIC/lme problem (1.7.0 only) Prof Brian Ripley 06:09 p.m. 29/04/03 +0100 6 Re: [R]

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to run the stepAIC function starting with the NULL model. I can call the null model (e.g., lm(y ~ NULL)), but using this object in stepAIC doesn't seem to work. The objective is to calculate AICc. This can be done if stepAIC can be run starting with the NULL model; the (2p(p-1)/(n-p-1))to get AICc would be added to the final step AIC value. Can

Hi, First of all, thanks for the great work on R in general, and MASS in particular. It's been a life saver for me many times. However, I think I've discovered a bug. It seems that, when I use weights during an initial least-squares regression fit, and later try to add terms using stepAIC(), it uses the weights when looking to remove terms, but not when looking to add them:

I would like test AICc as a criteria for model selection for a glm using stepAIC() from MASS package. Based on various information available in WEB, stepAIC() use extractAIC() to get the criteria used for model selection. I have created a new extractAIC() function (and extractAIC.glm() and extractAIC.lm() ones) that use a new parameter criteria that can be AIC, BIC or AICc. It works as

Hi - I use stepAIC to automatically select the model. The stepAIC was applied on polr as follow:objPolr <- polr(formula=myformula, data=dat, method=METHOD);objPolr.step <- stepAIC(objPolr, trace=T);Then R complaints that it doesn't know about 'dat' when it executes the second line. Below is the exact error that I got when executing the stepAIC line above:Error in eval(expr,

Hi, I am experiencing a baffling behaviour of stepAIC(), and I hope to get any advice/help on this. Greatly appreciate any kind advice given. I am using stepAIC() to, say, select a model via stepwise selection method. R Version : 1.7.1 Windows ME Many thanks! ***Issue : When stepAIC() is placed within a function, it seems that stepAIC() cannot detect the data matrix, and the program is

I have a question about stepAIC and extractAIC and why they can produce different answers. Here's a stepAIC result (slightly edited - I removed the warning about noninteger #successes): stepAIC(glm(formula = (Morbid_70_79/Present_70_79) ~ 1 + Cohort + Cohort2, family = binomial, data = ghs_70_79, subset = ghs_70_full),direction = c("backward")) Start: AIC=3151.41

Hello, I am using the function stepAIC (library MASS) to run a backward elimination on my linear regression. The new model stepAIC calculates contains coefficients that have a Pr(>|t|) value below 0.1, but I'd like to have only coefficients with 0.001 or below. How can I change the stop criterion for stepAIC, so that it is more strict? There is a parameter "steps", but it is

Hi List, Being new to R, I am trying to apply boot.stepAIC() for Model selection by bootstrapping the stepAIC() procedure. I had gone through the discussion in various thread on the variable selection methods. Understood the pros and cons of various method, also going through the regression modelling strategies in rms. I want to read Final model or Formula or list of variables automatically

dear R users, I have fit the lm() on a mtrix of responses. i.e M1 = lm(cbind(R1,R2)~ X+Y+0). When i use summary(M1), it shows details for R1 and R2 separately. Now i want to use stepAIC on these models. But when i use stepAIC(M1) an error message comes saying that dropterm.mlm is not implemented. What is the way out to use stepAIC in such cases. regards,

I can use stepAIC on an lme object in 1.6.2, but I get the following error if I try to do the same in 1.7.0: Error in lme(fixed = resp ~ cov1 + cov2, data = a, random = structure(list( : unused argument(s) (formula ...) Does anybody know why? Here's an example: library(nlme) library(MASS) a <- data.frame( resp=rnorm(250), cov1=rnorm(250), cov2=rnorm(250),

Dear All, I am trying to use stepAIC for an lmer object but it doesn't work. Here is an example: x1 <- gl(4,100) x2 <- gl(2,200) time <- rep(1:4,100) ID <- rep(1:100, each=4) Y <- runif(400) <=.5 levels(Y) <- c(1,0) dfr <- as.data.frame(cbind(ID,Y,time,x1,x2)) fm0.lmer <- lmer(Y ~ time+x1+x2 + (1|ID), data = dfr, family = binomial)

I'm attempting to use stepAIC to select a model through a forward procedure. I want to consider up to all 3-way interactions. I've attempted to use the following code: m2.Fwd3way <- stepAIC(m1.Ionly, direction="forward", scope=list(upper=~(var1 + var2 + var3 + var4)^3, lower=~1)) When I submit this the trace indicates that only 2-way

Hello R-Users,   I have one binary dependent variable and a set of independent variables (glm(formula,…,family=”binomial”) ) and I am using the function stepAIC (“MASS”) for choosing an optimal model. However I am not sure if stepAIC considers significance properties like Likelihood ratio test and Wald test (see example below).     > y <- rbinom(30,1,0.4) > x1 <- rnorm(30) > x2

Hi, I am experiencing a baffling behaviour of stepAIC(), and I hope to get any advice/help on what went wrong or I'd missed. I greatly appreciate any advice given. I am using stepAIC() to, say, select a model via stepwise selection method. R Version : 1.7.1 Windows ME Many thanks and best regards, Siew-Leng ***Issue : When stepAIC() is placed within a function, it seems

This is a question at the border between stats and r. When I do a glm with many potential effects, and select a model using stepAIC, many independent variables are selected even if there are no relationship between dependent variable and the effects (all are random numbers). Do someone has a solution to prevent this effect ? Is it related to Bonferoni correction ? Is there is a ratio of