Ted Thank you for giving me so much of your time to provide an explanation of the likelihood ratio approach to the calibration problem. It has certainly provided me with a new insight into this problem. I will check out the references you mentioned to get a better understanding of the statistics. Out of interest I have also tried the function provided by David Lucy back in March 2002 with a correction to the code and addition of the t-value. The results are very close to those obtained by the likelihood ratio method, although the output needs tidying up.
#################### # R function to do classical calibration # val is a data.frame of the new indep variables to predict dep calib <- function(indep, dep, val, prob=0.95) { # generate the model y on x and get out predicted values for x reg <- lm(dep~indep) xpre <- (val - coef(reg)[1])/coef(reg)[2] # generate a confidence yyat <- ((dep - predict(reg))^2) sigyyat <- ((sum(yyat)/(length(dep)-2))^0.5) term1 <- sigyyat/coef(reg)[2] sigxxbar <- sum((indep - mean(indep))^2) denom <- sigxxbar * ((coef(reg)[2])^2) t<-qt(p=(prob+(1-prob)/2), df=(length(dep)-2)) conf <- t*abs((((1+1/length(dep))+(((val - mean(dep))^2)/denom))^0.5)*term1) results<-list(Predicted=xpre, Conf.interval=c(xpre-conf, xpre+conf)) return(results) } conc<-seq(100, 280, 20) # mg/l abs<-c(1.064, 1.177, 1.303, 1.414, 1.534, 1.642, 1.744, 1.852, 1.936, 2.046) # absorbance units new.abs<-data.frame(abs=c(1.251, 1.324, 1.452)) calib(conc, abs, new.abs, prob=0.95) $Predicted abs 1 131.2771 2 144.6649 3 168.1394 $Conf.interval $Conf.interval$abs [1] 124.4244 137.9334 161.5477 $Conf.interval$abs [1] 138.1298 151.3964 174.7310 Thanks Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:58 AM Subject: RE: [R] Help with predict.lm > Sorry, I was doing this too late last night! > All stands as before except for the calculation at the end > which is now corrected as follows: > > On 19-Apr-05 Ted Harding wrote: > [code repeated for reference] > > The following function implements the above expressions. > > It is a very crude approach to solving the problem, and > > I'm sure that a more thoughtful approach would lead more > > directly to the answer, but at least it gets you there > > eventually. > > > > =========================================== > > > > R.calib <- function(x,y,X,Y){ > > n<-length(x) ; mx<-mean(x) ; my<-mean(y) ; > > x<-(x-mx) ; y<-(y-my) ; X<-(X-mx) ; Y<-(Y-my) > > > > ah<-0 ; bh<-(sum(x*y))/(sum(x^2)) ; Xh <- Y/bh > > sh2 <- (sum((y-ah-bh*x)^2))/(n+1) > > > > D<-(n+1)*sum(x^2) + n*X^2 > > at<-(Y*sum(x^2) - X*sum(x*y))/D; bt<-((n+1)*sum(x*y) + n*X*Y)/D > > st2<-(sum((y - at - bt*x)^2) + (Y - at - bt*X)^2)/(n+1) > > > > R<-(sh2/st2) > > > > F<-(n-2)*(1-R)/R > > > > x<-(x+mx) ; y<-(y+my) ; > > X<-(X+mx) ; Y<-(Y+my) ; Xh<-(Xh+mx) ; > > PF<-(pf(F,1,(n-2))) > > list(x=x,y=y,X=X,Y=Y,R=R,F=F,PF=PF, > > ahat=ah,bhat=bh,sh2=sh2, > > atil=at,btil=bt,st2=st2, > > Xhat=Xh) > > } > > > > ============================================ > > > > Now lets take your original data and the first Y-value > > in your list (namely Y = 1.251), and suppose you want > > a 95% confidence interval for X. The X-value corresponding > > to Y which you would get by regressing x (conc) on y (abs) > > is X = 131.3813 so use this as a "starting value". > > > > So now run this function with x<-conc, y<-abs, and these values > > of X and Y: > > > > R.calib(x,y,131.3813,1.251) > > > > You get a long list of stuff, amongst which > > > > $PF > > [1] 0.02711878 > > > > and > > > > $Xhat > > [1] 131.2771 > > > > So now you know that Xhat (the MLE of X for that Y) = 131.2771 > > and the F-ratio probability is 0.027... > > > *****> You want to push $PF upwards till it reaches 0.05, so work > *****> *outwards* in the X-value: > WRONG!! Till it reaches ***0.95*** > > R.calib(x,y,125.0000,1.251)$PF > [1] 0.9301972 > > ... > > R.calib(x,y,124.3510,1.251)$PF > [1] 0.949989 > > > > and you're there in that direction. Now go back to the MLE > > and work out in the other direction: > > > > R.calib(x,y,131.2771,1.251)$PF > > [1] 1.987305e-06 > > ... > > R.calib(x,y,138.0647,1.251)$PF > [1] 0.95 > > > and again you're there. > > > > So now you have the MLE Xhat = 131.2771, and the two > ****> limits of a 95% confidence interval (131.0847, 131.4693) > WRONG!!! > limits of a confidence interval (124.3510, 138.0647) > > > for X, corresponding to the given value 1.251 of Y. > > As it happens, these seem to correspond very closely to > what you would get by reading "predict" in reverse: > > > plot(x,y) > > plm<-lm(y~x) > > min(x) > [1] 100 > > max(x) > [1] 280 > > > points((131.2771),(1.251),col="red",pch="+") #The MLE of X > > lines(c(124.3506,138.0647),c(1.251,1.251),col="red") # The above CI > > newx<-data.frame(x=(100:280)) > > predlm<-predict(plm,newdata=newx,interval="prediction") > > lines(newx$x,predlm[,"fit"],col="green") > > lines(newx$x,predlm[,"lwr"],col="blue") > > lines(newx$x,predlm[,"upr"],col="blue") > > which is what I thought would happen in the first place, given > the quality of your data. > > Sorry for any inconvenience due to the above error. > Ted. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 20-Apr-05 Time: 08:58:37 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html