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gundalav...
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:33 pm
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Hi,

In performing model selection with AIC or BIC,
we usually choose its minimum value.

Why so?

Regards,
Gundala
RichUlrich...
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:17 pm
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:33:33 -0700 (PDT), gundalav
<gundalav at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:
Hi,

In performing model selection with AIC or BIC,
we usually choose its minimum value.

Why so?

Do you know what the value stands for?
You could try wiki....

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Rich Ulrich
 
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