stepAIC function in the
stepwise(mod,
direction = c("backward/forward", "forward/backward", "backward", "forward"),
criterion = c("BIC", "AIC"), ...)stepAIC."backward/forward" (the default), selection starts with
the full model and eliminates predictors one at a time, at each step considering whether the
criterion will be improved by adding back in a variable removed at a previous st"BIC" (the default) or "AIC". Note that
stepAIC labels the criterion in the output as "AIC" regardless of which
criterion is employed.stepAIC.stepAIC.