[R] Anova function and glm.nb

2008-04-07 Thread Nelson, Gary (FWE)
Hi All, I am using the glm.nb function from the MASS package (current version) to fit and compare GLMs with negative binomial error distributions. My question is: what is the appropriate method to use in the anova function to compare models? If only one fitted object like

Re: [R] Anova function and glm.nb

2008-04-07 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
The re-estimated version is the principled one -- the other is a computational shortcut. However, what you model might choose depends on why you are doing model selection, and also if there is a subject-specific reason to consider the terms in this order. And if you look in MASS (the book)