[R] Troubles plotting lrm output in Design Library

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Patrizio Frederic wrote:
> dear Harrell,
> thank you for quick reply and suggestions. I still have the problem:
> 
> library(Design)
> x   = rnorm(100)
> y   = runif(100)<(exp(x)/(1+exp(x)))
> y   = 0*y+1*y
> d   = datadist(x,y)
> options(datadist="d")
> fit = lrm(y~x)
> # works fine, but
> plot(fit) #produce the error message

I cannot reproduce the error on Linux R 2.7.0 using the same version of 
the packages you are using.

Frank

> 
> Error in value.chk(at, ix, xseq, if (plot.type == "curves") 100 else 40,  :
>   variable x does not have limits defined by datadist
> 
> The installed Design (ver. 2.1.1) package was downloaded and installed
> via utils:::menuInstallPkgs() function
> (Package Hmisc version 3.4-3) on a windows xp machine.
> Thank in advance.
> 
> Patrizio Frederic
> 
> version
> 
> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
> arch           i386
> os             mingw32
> system         i386, mingw32
> status
> major          2
> minor          7.0
> year           2008
> month          04
> day            22
> svn rev        45424
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> 
> 2008/5/29 Frank E Harrell Jr <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu>:
>> Patrizio Frederic wrote:
>>> Dear R-helpers,
>>> I'm having a problem in using plot.design in Design Library. Tho
>>> following example code produce the error:
>>>
>>>> n <- 1000    # define sample size
>>>> set.seed(17) # so can reproduce the results
>>>> age            <- rnorm(n, 50, 10)
>>>> blood.pressure <- rnorm(n, 120, 15)
>>>> cholesterol    <- rnorm(n, 200, 25)
>>>> sex            <- factor(sample(c('female','male'), n,TRUE))
>>>> label(age)            <- 'Age'      # label is in Hmisc
>>>> label(cholesterol)    <- 'Total Cholesterol'
>>>> label(blood.pressure) <- 'Systolic Blood Pressure'
>>>> label(sex)            <- 'Sex'
>>>> units(cholesterol)    <- 'mg/dl'   # uses units.default in Hmisc
>>>> units(blood.pressure) <- 'mmHg'
>>>>
>>>> # Specify population model for log odds that Y=1
>>>> L <- .4*(sex=='male') + .045*(age-50) +
>>> +   (log(cholesterol - 10)-5.2)*(-2*(sex=='female') + 2*(sex=='male'))
>>>> # Simulate binary y to have Prob(y=1) = 1/[1+exp(-L)]
>>>> y <- ifelse(runif(n) < plogis(L), 1, 0)
>>>>
>>>> ddist <- datadist(age, blood.pressure, cholesterol, sex)
>>>> options(datadist='ddist')
>>>>
>>>> fit <- lrm(y ~ blood.pressure + sex * (age + rcs(cholesterol,4)),
>>> +                x=TRUE, y=TRUE)
>>>> par(mfrow=c(2,2))
>>>> plot(fit)                # Plot effects of all 4 predictors
>>> Error in value.chk(at, ix, xseq, if (plot.type == "curves") 100 else 40,
>>>  :
>>>  variable blood.pressure does not have limits defined by datadist
>>>
>>> I guess somthing goes wrong with function datadist
>>>
>>>> version
>>>              _
>>> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
>>> arch           i386
>>> os             mingw32
>>> system         i386, mingw32
>>> status
>>> major          2
>>> minor          7.0
>>> year           2008
>>> month          04
>>> day            22
>>> svn rev        45424
>>> language       R
>>> version.string R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
>>>
>>> thank you in advance,
>>>
>>> Patrizio Frederic
>> This is the example run by example(plot.Design) which works for me, using
>> the version of Design from CRAN.  You don't need to include code that is
>> already in an example in a help file, and if you do please make the code
>> copy and paste-able instead of putting something at the start of each line.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Frank
>>
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>>                     Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University
>>
> 


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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University