Question

Census data was collected on the 50 states and Washington, D.C. We are interested in determining whether average lifespan (LIFE) is related to the ratio of males to females in percent (MALE), birth rate per 1,000 people (BIRTH), divorce rate per 1,000 people (DIVO), number of hospital beds per 100,000 people (BEDS), percentage of population 25 years or older having completed 16 years of school (EDUC) and per capita income (INCO).

"STATE" "MALE" "BIRTH" "DIVO" "BEDS" "EDUC" "INCO" "LIFE"
AK 119.1 24.8 5.6 603.3 14.1 4638 69.31
AL 93.3 19.4 4.4 840.9 7.8 2892 69.05
AR 94.1 18.5 4.8 569.6 6.7 2791 70.66
AZ 96.8 21.2 7.2 536.0 12.6 3614 70.55
CA 96.8 18.2 5.7 649.5 13.4 4423 71.71
CO 97.5 18.8 4.7 717.7 14.9 3838 72.06
CT 94.2 16.7 1.9 791.6 13.7 4871 72.48
DC 86.8 20.1 3.0 1859.4 17.8 4644 65.71
DE 95.2 19.2 3.2 926.8 13.1 4468 70.06
FL 93.2 16.9 5.5 668.2 10.3 3698 70.66
GA 94.6 21.1 4.1 705.4 9.2 3300 68.54
HW 108.1 21.3 3.4 794.3 14.0 4599 73.60
IA 94.6 17.1 2.5 773.9 9.1 3643 72.56
ID 99.7 20.3 5.1 541.5 10.0 3243 71.87
IL 94.2 18.5 3.3 871.0 10.3 4446 70.14
IN 95.1 19.1 2.9 736.1 8.3 3709 70.88
KS 96.2 17.0 3.9 854.6 11.4 3725 72.58
KY 96.3 18.7 3.3 661.9 7.2 3076 70.10
LA 94.7 20.4 1.4 724.0 9.0 3023 68.76
MA 91.6 16.6 1.9 1103.8 12.6 4276 71.83
MD 95.5 17.5 2.4 841.3 13.9 4267 70.22
ME 94.8 17.9 3.9 919.5 8.4 3250 70.93
MI 96.1 19.4 3.4 754.7 9.4 4041 70.63
MN 96.0 18.0 2.2 905.4 11.1 3819 72.96
MO 93.2 17.3 3.8 801.6 9.0 3654 70.69
MS 94.0 22.1 3.7 763.1 8.1 2547 68.09
MT 99.9 18.2 4.4 668.7 11.0 3395 70.56
NC 95.9 19.3 2.7 658.8 8.5 3200 69.21
ND 101.8 17.6 1.6 959.9 8.4 3077 72.79
NE 95.4 17.3 2.5 866.1 9.6 3657 72.60
NH 95.7 17.9 3.3 878.2 10.9 3720 71.23
NJ 93.7 16.8 1.5 713.1 11.8 4684 70.93
NM 97.2 21.7 4.3 560.9 12.7 3045 70.32
NV 102.8 19.6 18.7 560.7 10.8 4583 69.03
NY 91.5 17.4 1.4 1056.2 11.9 4605 70.55
OH 94.1 18.7 3.7 751.0 9.3 3949 70.82
OK 94.9 17.5 6.6 664.6 10.0 3341 71.42
OR 95.9 16.8 4.6 607.1 11.8 3677 72.13
PA 92.4 16.3 1.9 948.9 8.7 3879 70.43
RI 96.2 16.5 1.8 960.5 9.4 3878 71.90
SC 96.5 20.1 2.2 739.9 9.0 2951 67.96
SD 98.4 17.6 2.0 984.7 8.6 3108 72.08
TN 93.7 18.4 4.2 831.6 7.9 3079 70.11
TX 95.9 20.6 4.6 674.0 10.9 3507 70.90
UT 97.6 25.5 3.7 470.5 14.0 3169 72.90
VA 97.7 18.6 2.6 835.8 12.3 3677 70.08
VT 95.6 18.8 2.3 1026.1 11.5 3447 71.64
WA 98.7 17.8 5.2 556.4 12.7 3997 71.72
WI 96.3 17.6 2.0 814.7 9.8 3712 72.48
WV 93.9 17.8 3.2 950.4 6.8 3038 69.48
WY 100.7 19.6 5.4 925.9 11.8 3672 70.29

Suppose we are interested in fitting a regression model using LIFE as the response variable and some subset of the variables (MALE, BIRTH, DIVO, and INCO) as predictor.
(i.1) Perform variable selection by finding the subset model that minimizes the AIC criteria. State the ’best model’.
(i.2) Perform variable selection using forward selection. State the ’best model’.
(i.3) Perform variable selection using backward selection. State the ’best model’.

Please answer the above question using R command. List all the R commands you have used, the screenshot of the data you referring to, and which is the best model referring to the data. Thanks!

Answer 1