[R] Automating regression

[Bert Gunter]

.. that should have been either

myProc <- function(FUN, ...) do.call(FUN,list(...))

or

myProc <- function(FUN, ...) FUN(...)

My other comments still apply.



Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
(650) 467-7374

"Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge
is certainly not wisdom."
Clifford Stoll




On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter at gene.com> wrote:
> "Automate" is vague and ill-defined. But perhaps ?do.call is what
> you're looking for; e.g.
>
> myProc <- function(FUN, ...) do.call(FUN,...)
>
> This is one of the cool things about functional type programming --
> you can pass functions as arguments.
>
> If this is not it, maybe someone else will groc what you mean -- or
> you could define yourself more clearly.
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
> (650) 467-7374
>
> "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge
> is certainly not wisdom."
> Clifford Stoll
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Steven Yen <syen04 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How do I specify the type of regression in calling a procedure/
>> In the following I call the procedure to do a probit regression. Of course,
>> I can change "probit" into "lm" in procedure "myreg" to do a linear
>> regression.
>>
>> My question is, how do I automate this (choice of lm or probit) in calling
>> "myreg", with a proper input (e.g., model=lm)? Thank you.
>>
>> ---
>> eq1<-d~sex+age+children
>> b<-myreg(eq1,data=mydata); summary(b)
>>
>> myreg<-function(formula,data){
>> data<-model.frame(formula,data)
>> reg<-probit(formula,data=data)
>> return(reg)
>> }
>>
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