deviance

Question 1

what does deviance measure

Answer 1

lack of fit

Question 2

how can deviance be reduced to 0

Answer 2

making the model more complex and estimating values at every data point

Question 3

what is wrong about making models more complex

Answer 3

it involves adding more predictors, makes the model less interpretable

Question 4

what does information criterion account for

Answer 4

the fitting ability of the model
the complexity of the model

Question 5

information criterion =

Answer 5

deviance + penalty for model complexity

Question 6

what is used to assess deviance

Answer 6

AIC and BIC