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Correcting the corrected AIC

Timothy DelSole, Michael K. Tippett

2021Statistics & Probability Letters17 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The standard correction to Akaike’s Information Criterion, AICc, assumes the same predictors for training and verification and therefore underestimates prediction error for random predictors. A corrected AIC for regression models containing a mix of random and fixed predictors is derived.

Topics & Concepts

Akaike information criterionMathematicsStatisticsRegressionRandom errorStepwise regressionMean squared prediction errorStandard errorRegression analysisEconometricsStatistical Methods and InferenceAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsStatistical Distribution Estimation and Applications