Hi Clark, see: ? loess
http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/library/stats/html/loess.html ? scatter.smooth http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/library/stats/html/scatter.smooth.html Regards, Vito Clark Allan <Allan <at> STATS.uct.ac.za> wrote: hi all i have a another stats question. i would like to solve the following question: y(i)=a+b*x(i)+e(i) i.e. estimate a and b (they should be fixed) but i dont want to specify the standard density to the straight line. this can be done using kernel regression. the fitted line is however fitted locally. does anyone have a reference that will help me with my problem. i am still new to kernels/kernel regression and would like to get into the subject. / allan Diventare costruttori di soluzioni Became solutions' constructors "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning process." George E. P. Box "Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write" H. G. Wells Top 10 reasons to become a Statistician 1. Deviation is considered normal 2. We feel complete and sufficient 3. We are 'mean' lovers 4. Statisticians do it discretely and continuously 5. We are right 95% of the time 6. We can legally comment on someone's posterior distribution 7. We may not be normal, but we are transformable 8. We never have to say we are certain 9. We are honestly significantly different 10. No one wants our jobs Visitate il portale http://www.modugno.it/ e in particolare la sezione su Palese http://www.modugno.it/archivio/palesesanto_spirito/ ______________________________________________ [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
