Bill-
Thanks for the outline, but my application is rather more rudimentary than
you give me credit for. I've got a simple spread of points that
approximate a straight line. I can use the linear regression function in
Geosoft to calculate slope and intercept, but I really want to know how
well the points fit that line and I can't find a Geosoft function to do it.
-Jeff
At 02:22 PM 11/14/00 , you wrote:
>Jeff:
>
>The methodology we have been using is to use the technique of bootstrapping,
>or resampling.
>
>Take your original line data, randomaly select a subset of all teh data
>points.
>Recalculate the slope.
>Repeat random resampling of the full data set
>Recalculate slope.
>
>Repeat process a number of times...
>
>You can then calculate the mean slope and derive an estimate of the error
>(standard deviation of that slope).
>This procedure gives you a depth estimate and a error on your depth
>estimate.
>
>Of course what it really serves to do is to emphasise that you really don't
>know very much about the depth of the longer wavelength portion of your
>spectrum since you only have a very small number of points in this portion
>of your curve.
>
>Bill Morris
>
>PS Kristi Markham one of my grad students gave talk on this subject at last
>years EGS conference, and is actively writing a paper on this subject.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Gamey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:42 AM
>Subject: [geonet]: linear regression
>
>
> > I can run linear regression to get the slope and intercept of my data, but
> > I'd like a measure of error of fit to that line. Does anyone have a way
>to
> > do that apart from (a) manually inputting the slope and intercept into a
> > math expression for error of fit, then (b) calculating the std dev of the
> > error?
> >
> > Having it included in the linear regression GX would be ideal. If someone
> > wants to talk me through it, I'll try to modify it myself.
> >
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