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protoplast

2012-Feb-16 16:43 UTC

[R] how to get r-squared for a predefined curve or function with "other" data points

hello mailing list!
i still consider myself an R beginner, so please bear with me if my
questions seems strange.

i'm in the field of biology, and have done consecutive hydraulic
conductivity measurements in three parallels ("Sample"), resulting in
three
sets of conductivity values ("PLC" for percent loss of conductivity,
relative to 100%) at multiple pressures ("MPa"). 

---
   Sample      MPa    PLC
     1      -0.3498324    0.000000
     1      -1.2414770   15.207821
     1      -1.7993249   23.819995
     1      -3.0162866   33.598570
     1      -3.5184321   46.376933
     1      -3.9899791   67.532226
     1      -4.2731145   89.735541
     1      -4.7597244   99.836239
     2      -0.2754036    0.000000
     2      -1.2912619   12.476132
     2      -1.5128974   13.543273
 ...
---

since each sample is a statistical unit, i have fitted each sample-subset to
a sigmoid curve:

---
plot(
	NA,
	NA,
	main="",
	xlim=c(-20,0),
	ylim=c(0,100), 
	xlab = "water potential [MPa]", 
	ylab = "percent loss of conductivity [%]",
	xaxp = c(0,-20,4),
	yaxp = c(0,100,5),
	tck = 0.02,
	mgp = c(1.5,0.1,0),
)

for(i in 1:3){
	x <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$MPa
	y <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$PLC
	name <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$Sample
	points(x,y)

	vlc <- nls(y ~ 100/(1+exp(a*(x-b))), start=c(a=1, b=-3), data=list(x,y))

	curve(100/(1+exp(coef(vlc)[1]*(x-coef(vlc)[2]))), col=1, add = TRUE)
		
	Rsquared <- 1 - var(residuals(vlc))/var(y)

	summarizeall[i ,"Run"] <- i
	summarizeall[i ,"Sample"] <- name[1]
	summarizeall[i ,"a"] <- coef(vlc)[1]
	summarizeall[i ,"b"] <- coef(vlc)[2]
	summarizeall[i ,"R2"] <- Rsquared

	listnow <- data.frame(list(Run = c(i),Sample = c(name[1]), a
c(coef(vlc)[1]), b = c(coef(vlc)[2]), R2 = c(Rsquared)))
	print(listnow)

	i <- i+1
}
---

...and get three slightly different curves with three different estimatinos
of fit (r?, Rsquared). 

---> summarizeall  Sample   a       b        R2  
1   1 1.388352 -3.277755 0.9379886 
2   2 1.800007 -3.363075 0.9327164 
3   3 1.736857 -2.743972 0.9882998 
> average   Var n     a          b         R2 
1 Mean 3 1.6417389 -3.1282673 NA
2   SE . 0.1279981  0.1937197 NA
---

by averaging parameters a and b of the curve, i create a "mean curve"
that
is added to the plot (red curve in the attached image).

http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4394609/conductivity-curve.gif 

---
meana <- average[1,"a"]
meanb <- average[1,"b"]
curve(100/(1+exp(meana*(x-meanb))), col=2, lwd=2, add = TRUE)
---

and now here's my problem: 
i'd like to calculate R squared for all points on that mean curve.
since i have to average the curve parameters, i loose the curve's residuals
that are stored in my variable vlc (the result of the nls function) for
every sample.
just fitting one curve to all the data points is not good enough.

an extensive google search over several days hasn't gotten me anywhere, but
maybe someone here can help me?

is there an efficient way to calculate r squared for a predefined function
with "unrelated" data points?
(unrelated as in "not used directly for fitting")


thanks in advance
markus

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David Winsemius

2012-Feb-16 22:16 UTC

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[R] how to get r-squared for a predefined curve or function with "other" data points

On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:43 AM, protoplast wrote:
> hello mailing list!
> i still consider myself an R beginner, so please bear with me if my
> questions seems strange.
>
> i'm in the field of biology, and have done consecutive hydraulic
> conductivity measurements in three parallels ("Sample"),
resulting
> in three
> sets of conductivity values ("PLC" for percent loss of
conductivity,
> relative to 100%) at multiple pressures ("MPa").
>
> ---
>   Sample      MPa    PLC
>     1      -0.3498324    0.000000
>     1      -1.2414770   15.207821
>     1      -1.7993249   23.819995
>     1      -3.0162866   33.598570
>     1      -3.5184321   46.376933
>     1      -3.9899791   67.532226
>     1      -4.2731145   89.735541
>     1      -4.7597244   99.836239
>     2      -0.2754036    0.000000
>     2      -1.2912619   12.476132
>     2      -1.5128974   13.543273
> ...
> ---
>
> since each sample is a statistical unit, i have fitted each sample- 
> subset to
> a sigmoid curve:
>
> ---
> plot(
> 	NA,
> 	NA,
> 	main="",
> 	xlim=c(-20,0),
> 	ylim=c(0,100),
> 	xlab = "water potential [MPa]",
> 	ylab = "percent loss of conductivity [%]",
> 	xaxp = c(0,-20,4),
> 	yaxp = c(0,100,5),
> 	tck = 0.02,
> 	mgp = c(1.5,0.1,0),
> )
>
> for(i in 1:3){
> 	x <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$MPa
> 	y <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$PLC
> 	name <- subset(curvedata,Group == i)$Sample
> 	points(x,y)
>
> 	vlc <- nls(y ~ 100/(1+exp(a*(x-b))), start=c(a=1, b=-3),  
> data=list(x,y))
>
> 	curve(100/(1+exp(coef(vlc)[1]*(x-coef(vlc)[2]))), col=1, add = TRUE)
> 		
> 	Rsquared <- 1 - var(residuals(vlc))/var(y)
>
> 	summarizeall[i ,"Run"] <- i
> 	summarizeall[i ,"Sample"] <- name[1]
> 	summarizeall[i ,"a"] <- coef(vlc)[1]
> 	summarizeall[i ,"b"] <- coef(vlc)[2]
> 	summarizeall[i ,"R2"] <- Rsquared
>
> 	listnow <- data.frame(list(Run = c(i),Sample = c(name[1]), a >
c(coef(vlc)[1]), b = c(coef(vlc)[2]), R2 = c(Rsquared)))
> 	print(listnow)
>
> 	i <- i+1
> }
> ---
>
> ...and get three slightly different curves with three different  
> estimatinos
> of fit (r?, Rsquared).
>
> ---
>> summarizeall
>  Sample   a       b        R2
> 1   1 1.388352 -3.277755 0.9379886
> 2   2 1.800007 -3.363075 0.9327164
> 3   3 1.736857 -2.743972 0.9882998
>
>> average
>   Var n     a          b         R2
> 1 Mean 3 1.6417389 -3.1282673 NA
> 2   SE . 0.1279981  0.1937197 NA
> ---
>
> by averaging parameters a and b of the curve, i create a "mean  
> curve" that
> is added to the plot (red curve in the attached image).
>
> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4394609/conductivity-curve.gif
>
> ---
> meana <- average[1,"a"]
> meanb <- average[1,"b"]
> curve(), col=2, lwd=2, add = TRUE)
> ---
>
> and now here's my problem:
> i'd like to calculate R squared for all points on that mean curve.
> since i have to average the curve parameters, i loose the curve's  
> residuals
> that are stored in my variable vlc (the result of the nls function)  
> for
> every sample.
> just fitting one curve to all the data points is not good enough.
So just calculate them?
# pseudo-code: residual= actual - predicted

gresid <- curvedata$PLC - 100/(1+exp(meana*(curvedata$MPa-meanb))


If you are convinced that your formula for R^2 makes sense and this  
practice is generally accepted in your domain, then you can apply it  
across the whole dataset. I would have thought that a single  
regression model built with nlmer might have been more statistically  
sound. (But this is a bit outside my domain of comfort for giving  
advice.)
>
> an extensive google search over several days hasn't gotten me  
> anywhere, but
> maybe someone here can help me?
>
> is there an efficient way to calculate r squared for a predefined  
> function
> with "unrelated" data points?
> (unrelated as in "not used directly for fitting")
>
>
> thanks in advance
> markus
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT

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