[R] Negative AIC

Murilo Doi doi.murilo at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 17:42:34 CEST 2009


Hi,

yes the AIC can be negative. To choose the model we use the criteria of
lower AIC (-230.2E+4).

Murilo Doi


Corrado-5 wrote:
> 
> Dear R list,
> 
> I just obtained a negative AIC for two models (-221.7E+4
>  and -230.2E+4). Is that normal?
> 
> Regards
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> Corrado Topi
> 
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