[R] Variable shortlisting for the logistic regression

David Scott d.scott at auckland.ac.nz
Tue Oct 14 00:32:10 CEST 2008


On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:

> useR wrote:
>> Hi R helpers,
>> 
>> One rather statistical question?
>> 
>> 
>> What would be the best startegy to shortlist thousands of continous
>> variables automaticaly using R....
>> as the preparation for logistic regression modleing!
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>
> The easiest approach is to use a random number generator.
> Frank
>

Got a laugh from me Frank!

Can I nominate it for a fortune?

David

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