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Largest versus Smallest AIC #672

Closed bioatmosphere closed 3 years ago

bioatmosphere commented 3 years ago

Describe the mistake A tiny mistake about AIC in model selection, which should be "smallest" instead of "largest"

Location Please provide the

  1. version 2021-05-08
  2. Chapter 8.6.4
  3. page 288
  4. line number/equation number two lines above equation 8.48

Proposed solution Change from "largest" to"smallest" value.

mpd37 commented 3 years ago

You want to maximize the AIC, not minimize. (Similarly, you would maximize the log-likelihood, not minimize)