Edwards, David; Havránek, Tomáš A fast model selection procedure for large families of models. (English) Zbl 0607.62086 J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 82, 205-213 (1987). An efficient procedure for model selection from large families of models is described. It is closely related to the all possible models approach but is considerably faster. It is based on two principles: first, if a model is accepted, then all models that include it are considered to be accepted; second, if a model is rejected, then all of its submodels are considered to be rejected. Applications of the procedure to variable selection in multiple regression is illustrated. General algorithms are described that enable the procedure to be applied to any family of models that forms a lattice. As an example, a problem in multiple comparisons is considered. Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 9 Documents MSC: 62J99 Linear inference, regression 62J05 Linear regression; mixed models Keywords:coherence condition; goodness of fit test; model selection; large families of models; all possible models approach; variable selection; multiple regression; algorithms; lattice; multiple comparisons Software:alr3 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{D. Edwards} and \textit{T. Havránek}, J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 82, 205--213 (1987; Zbl 0607.62086) Full Text: DOI