[R] R vs. Excel (R-squared)

[Nordlund, Dan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-
> bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Lance Westerhoff
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:51 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] R vs. Excel (R-squared)
> 
> Hello All-
> 
> I found an inconsistency between the R-squared reported in Excel vs.
> that in R, and I am wondering which (if any) may be correct and if
> this is a known issue.  While it certainly wouldn't surprise me if
> Excel is just flat out wrong, I just want to make sure since the R-
> squared reported in R seems surprisingly high.  Please let me know if
> this is the wrong list.  Thanks!
> 
<<snip>>
> 
>  > # note: a is experimental and c is predicted
>  > summary(lm(a~c-1))
> 
> Call:
> lm(formula = a ~ c - 1)
> 
> Residuals:
>      Min      1Q  Median      3Q     Max
> -2987.6 -1126.6  -181.7   855.3  5602.8
> 
> Coefficients:
>    Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
> c  0.99999    0.01402   71.33   <2e-16 ***
> ---
> Signif. codes:  0 â€˜***â€™ 0.001 â€˜**â€™ 0.01 â€˜*â€™ 0.05 â€˜.â€™ 0.1 â€˜ â€™ 1
> 
> Residual standard error: 1423 on 365 degrees of freedom
> Multiple R-Squared: 0.9331,	Adjusted R-squared: 0.9329
> F-statistic:  5088 on 1 and 365 DF,  p-value: < 2.2e-16
> 
<<snip>>

> Thank you very much for your time!
> 
> -Lance
> ____________________
> Lance M. Westerhoff, Ph.D.
> General Manager
> QuantumBio Inc.
> 
> WWW:    http://www.quantumbioinc.com
> Email:    lance at quantumbioinc.com
> 
> 


Lance,

Did you force the regression through the origin in Excel, like you are doing
with your R code?  And why are you doing the regression without an intercept
in R?

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Research and Data Analysis
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Olympia, WA  98504-5204