Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-12-05 Thread Robert Kern
Jianzhong Liu wrote: > Hello, Guys, > > I have a question about the linear_least_squares in Numpy. > > My linear_least_squares cannot give me the results. > > I use Numpy1.0. The newest version. So I checked online and get your > guys some examples. The package name for numpy 1.0 is "numpy", no

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-12-05 Thread Jon
> I have a question about the linear_least_squares in Numpy. Not quite sure what is going on, it looks like there could be some confusion as to linear_least_squares is expecting as an argument of some Numeric arrays and what you are supplying (a Matrix) is perhaps not close enough to being the sam

Linear regression in NumPy

2006-12-05 Thread Jianzhong Liu
Hello, Guys, I have a question about the linear_least_squares in Numpy. My linear_least_squares cannot give me the results. I use Numpy1.0. The newest version. So I checked online and get your guys some examples. I did like this. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 77] ~ >> py Python 2.4.3 (#1, May 18 2006,

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-24 Thread nikie
> The version I have in front of me is a bit shorter, 252 pages, but describes > polyfit in section 5.3 on page 91 along with the other polynomial functions. > lstsq (linear_least_squares is a backwards-compatibility alias that was > recently > moved to numpy.linalg.old) is described in section 10

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-24 Thread Robert Kern
nikie wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: > >>Both functions are described in the full book. Were you just looking at the >>sample chapter? > > No, I've got the full PDF by mail a few days ago, "numpybook.pdf", 261 > pages (I hope we're talking about the same thing). I entered > "linear_least_squares" an

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-24 Thread nikie
Robert Kern wrote: > Both functions are described in the full book. Were you just looking at the > sample chapter? No, I've got the full PDF by mail a few days ago, "numpybook.pdf", 261 pages (I hope we're talking about the same thing). I entered "linear_least_squares" and "polyfit" in acrobat's "

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-23 Thread Robert Kern
nikie wrote: > Although I think it's worth reading, it only covers the fundamental > structure (what arrays are, what ufuncs are..) of NumPy. Neither of the > functions dicussed in this thread (polyfit/linear_least_squares) is > mentioned in the file. Both functions are described in the full book.

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-23 Thread nikie
Although I think it's worth reading, it only covers the fundamental structure (what arrays are, what ufuncs are..) of NumPy. Neither of the functions dicussed in this thread (polyfit/linear_least_squares) is mentioned in the file. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Matt Crema wrote: > > "More generally: Is there any kind of documentation that tells me what > > the functions in NumPy do, and what parameters they expect, how to > > call them, etc. This is a good start too: http://www.tramy.us/guidetoscipy.html Yes, you have to pay for it, but the money go

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-18 Thread Robert Kern
Matt Crema wrote: > To sum up a wordy post, "What do experienced users find is the most > efficient way to navigate the numpy docs? (assuming one has already > read the FAQs and tutorials)" You're not likely to get much of an answer here, but if you ask on [EMAIL PROTECTED], you'll get plenty

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-18 Thread Matt Crema
nikie wrote: > > Hello, I'm glad that helped, but let's not terminate this discussion just yet. I am also interested in answers to your second question: nikie wrote: > "More generally: Is there any kind of documentation that tells me what > the functions in NumPy do, and what parameters

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-18 Thread nikie
Thank you! THAT's what I've been looking for from the start! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-18 Thread Matt Crema
Matt Crema wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: > >> nikie wrote: >> >>> I still don't get it... >>> My data looks like this: >>> x = [0,1,2,3] >>> y = [1,3,5,7] >>> The expected output would be something like (2, 1), as y[i] = x[i]*2+1 >>> >>> (An image sometimes says more than 1000 words, so to make myse

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-18 Thread Matt Crema
Robert Kern wrote: > nikie wrote: > >>I still don't get it... >>My data looks like this: >> x = [0,1,2,3] >> y = [1,3,5,7] >>The expected output would be something like (2, 1), as y[i] = x[i]*2+1 >> >>(An image sometimes says more than 1000 words, so to make myself clear: >>this is what I want to

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-17 Thread Robert Kern
nikie wrote: > I still don't get it... > My data looks like this: > x = [0,1,2,3] > y = [1,3,5,7] > The expected output would be something like (2, 1), as y[i] = x[i]*2+1 > > (An image sometimes says more than 1000 words, so to make myself clear: > this is what I want to do: > http://www.statist

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-17 Thread nikie
I still don't get it... My data looks like this: x = [0,1,2,3] y = [1,3,5,7] The expected output would be something like (2, 1), as y[i] = x[i]*2+1 (An image sometimes says more than 1000 words, so to make myself clear: this is what I want to do: http://www.statistics4u.info/fundstat_eng/cc_regr

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-17 Thread marek . rocki
nikie napisal(a): > I'm a little bit stuck with NumPy here, and neither the docs nor > trial&error seems to lead me anywhere: > I've got a set of data points (x/y-coordinates) and want to fit a > straight line through them, using LMSE linear regression. Simple > enough. I thought instead of looking

Re: Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-17 Thread Robert Kern
nikie wrote: > I'm a little bit stuck with NumPy here, and neither the docs nor > trial&error seems to lead me anywhere: > I've got a set of data points (x/y-coordinates) and want to fit a > straight line through them, using LMSE linear regression. Simple > enough. I thought instead of looking up t

Linear regression in NumPy

2006-03-17 Thread nikie
I'm a little bit stuck with NumPy here, and neither the docs nor trial&error seems to lead me anywhere: I've got a set of data points (x/y-coordinates) and want to fit a straight line through them, using LMSE linear regression. Simple enough. I thought instead of looking up the formulas I'd just se