stepwisefit: Stepwise fit using Poisson p-values.
In SparseMSE: 'Multiple Systems Estimation for Sparse Capture Data'

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Starting with a model with main effects only, two-list parameters are added one by one. At each stage the parameter with the lowest p-value is added, provided that p-value is lower than pthresh, and provided that the resulting model does not fail either of the tests in checkident.

1	stepwisefit(zdat, pthresh = 0.02)

`zdat`	Data matrix with t+1 columns. The first t columns, each corresponding to a particular list, are 0s and 1s defining the capture histories observed. The last column is the count of cases with that particular capture history. List names A, B, ... are constructed if not supplied. Where a capture history is not explicitly listed, it is assumed that it has zero count.
`pthresh`	this is the threshold below which the p-value of the newly added parameter needs to be in order to be included in the model. If `pthresh = 0` then the model with main effects only is returned.

For each candidate two-list parameter for possible addition to the model, the p-value is calculated as follows. The total of cases occurring on both lists indexed by the parameter (regardless of whether or not they are on any other lists) is calculated. On the null hypothesis that the effect is not included in the model, this statistic has a Poisson distribution whose mean depends on the parameters within the model. The one-sided Poisson p-value of the observed statistic is calculated.

A list with components as below

fit Details of the fit of the specified model as output by glm. The Akaike information criterion is adjusted to take account of the number of parameters corresponding to non-overlapping pairs.

emptyoverlaps Matrix with two rows, giving the list pairs within the model for which no cases are observed in common. Each column gives the indices of a pair of lists, with the names of the lists in the column name.

poisspempty the Poisson p-values of the parameters corresponding to non-overlapping pairs.