stepwise-aic.md
In blorr: Tools for Developing Binary Logistic Regression Models

output from forward variable selection is as expected

Code
  blr_step_aic_both(model)
Output
  Stepwise Selection Method 
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  Candidate Terms:

  1 . x1 
  2 . x2 
  3 . x3 
  4 . x4 
  5 . x5 
  6 . x6


  Variables Entered/Removed:

  - x6 added 
  - x1 added 
  - x3 added 
  - x2 added 
  - x6 removed 
  - x5 added

  No more variables to be added or removed.


                        Stepwise Summary                       
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  Variable     Method        AIC          BIC       Deviance  
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  x6          addition    18869.627    18885.434    18865.627 
  x1          addition    18571.376    18595.087    18565.376 
  x3          addition    18016.724    18048.338    18008.724 
  x2          addition    16642.374    16681.891    16632.374 
  x6          removal     16640.653    16672.267    16632.653 
  x5          addition    16639.219    16678.736    16629.219 
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