Hi, Bill,
Thanks. This is what I am looking for.
Jun
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:54 PM, William Dunlap <wdunlap at tibco.com>
wrote:>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jun Shen
>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:30 AM
>> To: R-help
>> Subject: [R] How to fix slope and estimate intercept
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Is there anyway I can fix slope in some value and only estimate
>> intercept for a linear regression? I understand lm(y~1, data) will NOT
>> have a slope at all. This is not what I want. Thanks.
>
> You can use an offset() term in your formula. ?E.g.,
> ?> x <- log(1:10)
> ?> y <- 2.7*x + 3.4
> ?> lm(y ~ 1 + offset(2.7*x))
>
> ?Call:
> ?lm(formula = y ~ 1 + offset(2.7 * x))
>
> ?Coefficients:
> ?(Intercept)
> ? ? ? ? ?3.4
>
> ?> lm(y ~ 1 + offset(2.6*x))
>
> ?Call:
> ?lm(formula = y ~ 1 + offset(2.6 * x))
>
> ?Coefficients:
> ? ? (Intercept)
> ?3.551044125731
>
> Bill Dunlap
> Spotfire, TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
>
>>
>> Jun
>>
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