[R] interpolation

Kenneth Cabrera krcabrer at epm.net.co
Mon Nov 4 14:32:56 CET 2002


Hello Marwan:

Marwan Khawaja wrote:

>Hello,
>I have 15 data points (weight at birth) by age which I want to interpolate back
>in time (to 5 more age points).
>
Are you trying to extrapolate?

>There are many functions in R to do this and I wonder if anyone has experience
>in using these -- any preference/caveat etc? I am trying to find an alternative
>to linear interpolation.
>
It depends of many things...
Are you fitting a particular model?
Is the linear model enough?

>Using R 1.6.0 under windows
>TIA Marwan
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