[R] logistic regression or discriminant analysis ?

[kjetil halvorsen]

Daniel Amorèse wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Does logistic regression really provide better results than lda or qda ?
> (my purpose is not classification but highlighting of discriminant
> variables).
> If this is true, where could I get an R script performing stepwise logistic
> regression ?

stepAIC in package MASS (in bundle VR).

Kjetil Halvorsen

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