When smooths fitted by the gam package are plotted, what are the units of the vertical axis? Is there a simple way to change these units to units of the dependent variable? Thanks for any suggestions! Paul von Hippel Paul von Hippel Department of Sociology / Initiative in Population Research Ohio State University 300 Bricker Hall 190 N. Oval Mall Columbus OH 43210 614 688-3768 Office hours M-Th 3-5pm