R help - Dec 2004 - GAM: Getting standard errors from the parametric terms in a GAM model

I am new to R.  I'm using the function GAM and wanted to get standard errors
and p-values for the parametric terms (I fitted a semi-parametric models).
Using the function anova() on the object from GAM, I only get  p-values for
the nonparametric terms.

 

Does anyone know if and how to get standard errors for the parametric terms?

 

Thanks.

 

Jean G. Orelien

summary.gam and anova.gam in package mgcv will report standard errors and 
p-values for parametric terms, as well as smooth terms, for a gam fitted 
by function gam from package mgcv. 

Simon
> I am new to R.  I'm using the function GAM and wanted to get standard
errors
> and p-values for the parametric terms (I fitted a semi-parametric models).
> Using the function anova() on the object from GAM, I only get  p-values for
> the nonparametric terms.
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know if and how to get standard errors for the parametric
terms?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>  
> 
> Jean G. Orelien
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Jean G. Orelien wrote:
> I am new to R.  I'm using the function GAM and wanted to get standard
errors
> and p-values for the parametric terms (I fitted a semi-parametric models).
> Using the function anova() on the object from GAM, I only get  p-values for
> the nonparametric terms.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know if and how to get standard errors for the parametric
terms?
>
If you mean gam() in the gam package then, yes, someone does but it hasn't 
been included in the package yet.  It is described in the current issue of 
JASA.  Code for S-PLUS is supposed to be at
   http://www.ihapss.jsph.edu/software/
but that is currently not working.

 	-thomas