[R] Bivariate normal regression in R

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

One possibility is function gls() from package nlme.

Best,
Dimitris


On 8/25/2011 8:22 PM, DHIMAN BHADRA wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I need to fit a bivariate normal regression model to a dataset where the
> same covariate (say, X) influences two separate but correlated responses
> (say, Y1 and Y2). So, the bivariate
> model would look like :
>
> Y1 = a1 + b1*X + e1
> Y2 = a2 + b2*X + e2
>
> where e1 and e2 are error terms which can be correlated. Is there any
> package in R which can help me fit this model ? Any help will be
> appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Dhiman Bhadra
>
> Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
> 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Ma : 01609.
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