Indermaur Lukas wrote:
> Hi,
> Fitting all possible models (GLM) with 10 predictors will result in loads of 
> (2^10 - 1) models. I want to do that in order to get the importance of 
> variables (having an unbalanced variable design) by summing the up the 
> AIC-weights of models including the same variable, for every variable 
> separately. It's time consuming and annoying to define all possible models by 
> hand. 
>  
> Is there a command, or easy solution to let R define the set of all possible 
> models itself? I defined models in the following way to process them with a 
> batch job:
>  
> # e.g. model 1
> preference<- formula(Y~Lwd + N + Sex + YY)                                    
>             
> # e.g. model 2
> preference_heterogeneity<- formula(Y~Ri + Lwd + N + Sex + YY)  
> etc.
> etc.
>  
>  
> I appreciate any hint
> Cheers
> Lukas

If you choose the model from amount 2^10 -1 having best AIC, that model 
will be badly biased.  Why look at so many?  Pre-specification of 
models, or fitting full models with penalization, or using data 
reduction (masked to Y) may work better.

Frank

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