similar to: p values when using rlm

R2.1.1 Win 2k I have a function, B, within a function, A. I would like to have B print the name of the argument passed to it (not the value of the arguments). i.e., A<-function() { B<-function(x,y) { fit1<-lm(y~x,data=jo) print(summary(fit1) I want B to print the string "age" and the string "height". } B(age,height) }

Is there an R function that can be used to calculate a sample size for a linear regression: i.e. Given a linear regression: y=f(x,z) i.e. fit1<-lm(y~x+z) is there a function which can be passed coef(z), SE(z), and other parameters to determine a sample size based on z, SEz and other information from the regression? Thanks, John John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics

Dear List, I used rlm to calculate two regression models for two data sets (rlm due to two outlying values in one of the data sets). Now I want to compare the two regression slopes. I came across some R-code of Spencer Graves in reply to a similar problem: http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch/msg06666.html The code was: > df1 <- data.frame(x=1:10, y=1:10+rnorm(10))

R 2.8.1 Windows XP I am trying to analyze repeated measures data (the data are listed at the end of this Email message) and I need help to make sure that I have properly specified my model, and would like to know why lmer does not return a p value for Group, my fixed effect. My subjects are divided into two groups (variable GROUP), individual subjects are indicated by the variable SS, Value is

I want to place four plots on a page, and I would like to have all four plots share a common title. I have tried the following code, but the title is centered over the fourth graph and not centered across all four plots. Does anyone have any suggestions? R 2.1.1 windows xp oldpar<-par(mfcol =c(1,4),ask=TRUE) plot(p,varp) plot(p,SEp) plot(p,CVp) plot(p,ppval) title(paste("P and 95%CI

Please forgive a straight stats question, and the informal notation. let us say we wish to perform a liner regression: y=b0 + b1*x + b2*z There are two ways this can be done, the usual way, as a single regression, fit1<-lm(y~x+z) or by doing two regressions. In the first regression we could have y as the dependent variable and x as the independent variable fit2<-lm(y~x). The second

How do I add to a trellis plot the best fit line from a robust fit? I can use panel.lm to add a least squares fit, but there is no panel.rlm function. -- Alan S Barnett <asb at mail.nih.gov> NIMH/CBDB

R 2.8.1 windows XP I am trying to learn how to use the boot function to perform a bootstrap of a regression. I have written a short trial program, shown below. Clearly I have done something wrong as the output of each of the 100 bootstrap values for the regression are exactly the same - there does not appear to be any bootstrap respampling!. What have I done wrong? # Define function to be run.

R 2.7 Windows XP I have two model that have been run using exactly the same data, both fit using glm(). One model is a linear regression (gaussian(link = "identity")) the other a quasipoisson(link = "log"). I have log likelihoods from each model. Is there any way I can determine which model is a better fit to the data? anova() does not appear to work as the models have the

Windows XP R 2.3.1 I have a funciton fit1<-lm(y~x+z) Is there a function that will produce a 3-dimensional plot of y,x,z? I looked at the help files, but did not find a clean answer to my question. Thanks, John John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street

R 2.7.2 Windows XP I am using apply to compute a series of Student's t-test from two matrices, sample1 and sample2. boo<-apply(sample1,1,t.test,sample2) I want to pick of the p-values from the tests, but can't seem to get it to work. I have tried several methods to get the values including: boo<-apply(sample1,1,t.test$t.test,sample2) boo<-apply(sample1,1,t.test,sample2)$t.test

How do we get 2-tailed p-values for the rlm summary? I'm using the following: > fit <- rlm(oatRT ~ oatoacData$erp, psi=psi.bisquare, maxit=100, na.action='na.omit') > fitsum <- summary(fit, cor=F) > print(fitsum) Call: rlm(formula = oatRT ~ oatoacData$erp, psi = psi.bisquare, maxit = 100, na.action = "na.omit") Residuals: Min 1Q Median

Hi Mark, I don't know wether you recived a sufficient reply or not, so here are my comments to your problem. Supressing the constant term in a regression model will probably lead to a violation of the classical assumptions for this model. From the OLS normal equations (in matrix notation) (1) (X'X)b=X'y and the definition of the OLS residuals (2) e = y-Xb you get - by

Dear Group, I am having trouble with using rlm on multivariate data sets. When I call rlm I get Error in lm.wfit(x, y, w, method = "qr") : incompatible dimensions lm on the same data sets seem to work well (see code example). Am I doing something wrong? I have already browsed through the forums and google but could not find any related discussions. I use Windows XP and R

Dear R-devel, There seems to be a discrepancy in the order in which lm and rlm evaluate their arguments. This causes rlm to sometimes produce an error where lm is just fine. Here is a little script that illustrate the issue: > library(MASS) > ## create data > n <- 100 > dat <- data.frame(x=rep(c(-1,0,1), n), y=rnorm(3*n)) > > ## call lm, works fine > summary(lm(y ~

Hello, I have a simple xyplot with rlm lines. I would like to add the a and b coefficients (y=ax+b) of the rlm calculation in each panel. I know I can do it 'outside' the xyplot command but I would like to do all at the same time. I found some posts with the same question, but no answer. Is it impossible ? Thanks in advance for your help. Ptit Bleu. x11(15,12) xyplot(df1$col2 ~

Hi, I am trying to build a series of rlm models. I have my data frame and the models will be built using various coulmns of the data frame. Thus a series of models would be m1 <- rlm(V1 ~ V2 + V3 + V4, data) m2 <- rlm(V1 ~ V2 + V5 + V7, data) m3 <- rlm(V1 ~ V2 + V8 + V9, data) I would like to automate this. Is it possible to use a string in place of the formula? I tried doing: fmla

Hi all, I am reading the MASS book but it doesn't give examples about the diagnosis and model checking for rlm... My data is highly non-Gaussian so I am using rlm instead of lm. My questions are: 0. Are goodness-of-fit and model-checking using rlm completely the same as usual regression? 1. Please give me some pointers about how to do goodness-of-fit and residual diagnosis for

I keep coming back to this problem of singular fits in rlm (MASS library), but cannot figure out a good solution. I am fitting a linear model with a factor variable, like lm( Y ~ factorVar) and this works fine. lm knows to construct the contrast matrix the way I would expect, which puts the first factor as the baseline level. But when I try rlm( Y ~ factorVar) I get the message "'x'

Can anyone suggest a good non-parametric test, and an R implementation of the test, that allows for two or more factors? Wilcoxon signed rank allows for only one. Thanks, John John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics Baltimore VA Medical Center GRECC and University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude Pepper OAIC University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of