[R] Newbie question: plotting regression models

Sundar Dorai-Raj sundar.dorai-raj at pdf.com
Wed Nov 3 16:33:09 CET 2004



adelmaas at MUSC.EDU wrote:

> Greetings.
> 
> Is there any way to get R to take a regression model object and draw a 
> plot of the regression function?  How about overlaying that plot over a 
> scatterplot of the actual data?  Thanks in advance for any help anyone 
> can provide.
> 
> Aaron
> 

Hi Aaron,

What type of "regression function" are your referring to? Linear model? 
Non-linear model? The term "regression" is to ambiguous to really answer 
your question. However, typically you should be able to do something like:

fit <- lm(y ~ x)
yhat <- predict(fit)
plot(x, y, ylim = range(c(y, yhat)))
lines(x, yhat)

If you are not using lm please provide more information than you already 
have. You should read "Introduction to R" or any of the recommended 
texts listed on the R website. Also read the posting guide.

--sundar




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