Re: [R] Help with nonlinear least squares regression curve fitting

2015-02-26 Thread Prof J C Nash (U30A)
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[R] Help with nonlinear least squares regression curve fitting

2015-02-25 Thread Corey Callaghan
Hi everyone. This is my first post to this forum and I'm hoping someone can help. I'm trying to finish up some analysis for my thesis and this is the last problem I have. I have calculated data for 15 different species of birds; below is an example of one species and what the data might look

Re: [R] Help with nonlinear least squares regression curve fitting

2015-02-25 Thread Andrew Robinson
Finding starting values is a bit of a dark art. That said, there are steps you can take, but it may take time. First, I would scale Year so that it's not in the thousands! Experiment with subtracting 1980 or so. For specific advice, see inline. On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Corey Callaghan