[R] stepwise regression

[Roger D. Peng]

Try,

help.search("stepwise")

It brings up the functions step() and stepAIC() from MASS.

Andrew Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> S-PLUS includes the function "stepwise" which can use a variety of
> methods to conduct stepwise multiple linear regression on a set of
> predictors.  Does a similar function exist in R?  I'm having difficulty
> finding one.  If there is one it must be under a different name because
> I get an error message when I try 'help(stepwise)' in R.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Andy Taylor
> 
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