[R] r-square for non-linear regression

[Bert Gunter]

This question has been asked many times before. Please search the archives.

The short answer is: R-squared is more or less meaningless in
nonlinear regression. The archives provide elaboration and caveats to
this claim.

-- Bert

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Pierre Grison <pgrison at hotmail.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I saw you discussed about the meaning of the R squared in a nls regression. Do you have a source or a quotation please?
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> kind regards,
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> Pierre Grison
> Tel: 06 01 79 74 22
> Mail: pgrison at hotmail.fr
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