AIC and nested models

Asked Apr 13 '16 at 11:45

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There is a related question here but two highly upvoted answers there don't seem to agree with each other, and in any case I wanted to take a different tack.

Is AIC useful for comparing:

non-nested models only.
nested models only.
either non-nested or nested models.

Why/Why not?

edited May 04 '17 at 21:42

amoeba

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asked Apr 13 '16 at 11:45

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Related question Prerequisites for AIC model comparison. – Richard Hardy Apr 13 '16 at 12:27
Given the diametrically opposed views expressed in the cited sources perhaps best to avoid using AIC for non-nested. There are several methods devised for non-nested methods and if you use R they are packaged in lmtest – mdewey Apr 13 '16 at 12:51

AIC and nested models

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