[R] Fitting data to a sigmoidal curve

[Greg Snow]

Sarah,

Doing:

> RSiteSearch('gompertz', restrict='functions')

At the command prompt gives several promising results.

Hope this helps,

--
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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> Subject: [R] Fitting data to a sigmoidal curve
>
>
> Hi-
> I'm a biologist trying to figure out the growth rate of salamanders in
> different ponds. I collected individuals from various populations at
> different dates, and using the size and date collected, I want to
> figure out
> the growth curve of each population. My question is: How do I fit my
> data to
> a Gompertz function in R?
> Thank you so much!
> Sarah
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