Dear Mark, Many thanks. Best Regards, Ashim On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:> According to the NEWS file for the package: > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which was released on > 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6 years. > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you are using is > 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11. > > So the online documentation source is outdated. > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition of John's > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second edition to know > if that had been updated. A review of the index for the second edition on > Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for the second edition. > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied Regression > and I > > found this function there. > > > > Googling gave me the link [1]. > > > > 1. http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> > > wrote: > > > >> On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > >> > >>> Dear All, > >>> > >>> my details:- > >>> > >>>> sessionInfo() > >>>> > >>> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03) > >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > >>> Running under: Ubuntu 15.10 > >>> > >>> locale: > >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_IN > >>> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN LC_MONETARY=en_IN LC_MESSAGES=en_IN > >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C > >>> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > >>> > >>> attached base packages: > >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > >>> > >>> other attached packages: > >>> [1] car_2.1-2 > >>> > >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.5 lattice_0.20-33 MASS_7.3-43 > >>> grid_3.3.0 > >>> [5] nlme_3.1-128 MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7 > >>> minqa_1.2.4 > >>> [9] nloptr_1.0.4 Matrix_1.2-6 splines_3.3.0 > >>> lme4_1.1-12 > >>> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6 parallel_3.3.0 mgcv_1.8-7 > >>> nnet_7.3-10 > >>> [17] quantreg_5.24 > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ## Not run: > >>>> attach(UN) > >>>> > >>>> # enter the power-transformation parameter > >>>> # start with 1 > >>>> Ask(p, function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p), > >>>> > >>> + ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p))) > >>> Error: could not find function "Ask" > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> What can I do to correct this? > >>> > >> > >> What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car" > package > >> or anywhere else for that matter)? And what exactly do you want it to > do > >> for you? > >> > >> cheers, > >> > >> Rolf Turner > >> > >> -- > >> Technical Editor ANZJS > >> Department of Statistics > >> University of Auckland > >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dear Ashim and Marc, Sorry to chime in late. As Marc suggests, the Ask() function went the way of the dodo before the second edition of the book (coauthored with Sandy Weisberg, and retitled "An R Companion to Applied Regression") was published. Best, John ----------------------------- John Fox, Professor McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8S 4M4 Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox> -----Original Message----- > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ashim > Kapoor > Sent: June 21, 2016 7:35 PM > To: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> > Cc: R-help <r-help at r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car > > Dear Mark, > > Many thanks. > > Best Regards, > Ashim > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> > wrote: > > > According to the NEWS file for the package: > > > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS > > > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which was > > released on 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6 years. > > > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you are > > using is 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11. > > > > So the online documentation source is outdated. > > > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition of John's > > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second edition to > > know if that had been updated. A review of the index for the second > > edition on Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for the second > edition. > > > > Regards, > > > > Marc Schwartz > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied > > > Regression > > and I > > > found this function there. > > > > > > Googling gave me the link [1]. > > > > > > 1. http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner > > > <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > > >> > > >>> Dear All, > > >>> > > >>> my details:- > > >>> > > >>>> sessionInfo() > > >>>> > > >>> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03) > > >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) Running under: Ubuntu 15.10 > > >>> > > >>> locale: > > >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_IN > > >>> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN LC_MONETARY=en_IN LC_MESSAGES=en_IN > > >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C > > >>> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN > LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > >>> > > >>> attached base packages: > > >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > >>> > > >>> other attached packages: > > >>> [1] car_2.1-2 > > >>> > > >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.5 lattice_0.20-33 MASS_7.3-43 > > >>> grid_3.3.0 > > >>> [5] nlme_3.1-128 MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7 > > >>> minqa_1.2.4 > > >>> [9] nloptr_1.0.4 Matrix_1.2-6 splines_3.3.0 > > >>> lme4_1.1-12 > > >>> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6 parallel_3.3.0 mgcv_1.8-7 > > >>> nnet_7.3-10 > > >>> [17] quantreg_5.24 > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> ## Not run: > > >>>> attach(UN) > > >>>> > > >>>> # enter the power-transformation parameter # start with 1 Ask(p, > > >>>> function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p), > > >>>> > > >>> + ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p))) > > >>> Error: could not find function "Ask" > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> What can I do to correct this? > > >>> > > >> > > >> What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car" > > package > > >> or anywhere else for that matter)? And what exactly do you want it > > >> to > > do > > >> for you? > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> > > >> Rolf Turner > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Technical Editor ANZJS > > >> Department of Statistics > > >> University of Auckland > > >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Dear Sir, Many thanks for your reply. May I ask,was it replaced by another similar function? It seems interesting enough to have a function like that. Best Regards, Ashim On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:> Dear Ashim and Marc, > > Sorry to chime in late. As Marc suggests, the Ask() function went the way > of the dodo before the second edition of the book (coauthored with Sandy > Weisberg, and retitled "An R Companion to Applied Regression") was > published. > > Best, > John > > ----------------------------- > John Fox, Professor > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario > Canada L8S 4M4 > Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ashim > > Kapoor > > Sent: June 21, 2016 7:35 PM > > To: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> > > Cc: R-help <r-help at r-project.org> > > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car > > > > Dear Mark, > > > > Many thanks. > > > > Best Regards, > > Ashim > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> > > wrote: > > > > > According to the NEWS file for the package: > > > > > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS > > > > > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which was > > > released on 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6 years. > > > > > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you are > > > using is 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11. > > > > > > So the online documentation source is outdated. > > > > > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition of John's > > > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second edition to > > > know if that had been updated. A review of the index for the second > > > edition on Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for the second > > edition. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Marc Schwartz > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied > > > > Regression > > > and I > > > > found this function there. > > > > > > > > Googling gave me the link [1]. > > > > > > > > 1. http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner > > > > <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Dear All, > > > >>> > > > >>> my details:- > > > >>> > > > >>>> sessionInfo() > > > >>>> > > > >>> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03) > > > >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) Running under: Ubuntu 15.10 > > > >>> > > > >>> locale: > > > >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_IN > > > >>> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN LC_MONETARY=en_IN LC_MESSAGES=en_IN > > > >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C > > > >>> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN > > LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > > >>> > > > >>> attached base packages: > > > >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > base > > > >>> > > > >>> other attached packages: > > > >>> [1] car_2.1-2 > > > >>> > > > >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > > >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.5 lattice_0.20-33 MASS_7.3-43 > > > >>> grid_3.3.0 > > > >>> [5] nlme_3.1-128 MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7 > > > >>> minqa_1.2.4 > > > >>> [9] nloptr_1.0.4 Matrix_1.2-6 splines_3.3.0 > > > >>> lme4_1.1-12 > > > >>> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6 parallel_3.3.0 mgcv_1.8-7 > > > >>> nnet_7.3-10 > > > >>> [17] quantreg_5.24 > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> ## Not run: > > > >>>> attach(UN) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> # enter the power-transformation parameter # start with 1 Ask(p, > > > >>>> function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p), > > > >>>> > > > >>> + ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p))) > > > >>> Error: could not find function "Ask" > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> What can I do to correct this? > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car" > > > package > > > >> or anywhere else for that matter)? And what exactly do you want it > > > >> to > > > do > > > >> for you? > > > >> > > > >> cheers, > > > >> > > > >> Rolf Turner > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Technical Editor ANZJS > > > >> Department of Statistics > > > >> University of Auckland > > > >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > > guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]