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I have a pretty good grasp of the pros and cons of different methods of variable selection: LASSO and LARS, AIC, stepwise procedures, etc. But my question is: when modeling, should you conduct variable selection differently if you are using the model for the estimation of fixed effects compared with finding a model that has the best prediction?

I've never used the change-in-estimate variable selection. Is that the best way to do variable selection when you're just looking to estimate fixed effects?

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    To put it shortly, yes, the model building process -- including variable selection -- differs depending on the purpose (explanatory versus predictive modelling). See this thread for some general information. – Richard Hardy Nov 03 '15 at 21:02

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