I'd suggest that you read http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#Formulae-for-statistical- models before proceeding. It will help a lot, really.
Andy > From: K Fernandes > > Hello, > I would like to use lm to model the equation y=x^2. > > However, when I use > > z<-lm(formula=y~x^2) > summary(z) > > I obtain results that are equivalent to when I use > > z<-lm(formula=y~x) > summary(z) > > That is, using x instead of x^2. > > However, I do get different results when I use > > z<-lm(formula=y~log(x)) > summary(z) > > Does anyone know why this might be the case? Any ideas are > appreciated. > > Thank you, > K > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
