Interesting! Very interesting! You seem to assume that I haven't done
anything as you've listed below:

I have even listed a book that I was aware of but I could not find in our
local library... and doing some "research" and I have already started
playing with "gam", and everybody on earth knows that you can do "?gam" and
"help.search()" in R to find info, but after I have done all those, I still
feel that I need some more info&help...

I don't know how you reach your ungrounded conclusion?

I think you are wasting everybody's bandwidth and time by not providing
constructive suggestions but discouraging (and overly repetitive) comments
disregarding the effort a newbie had already paid...

I think you really need to consult posting guide yourself...

And remember, you can always remain silent -- you don't need to show off
that you are an experienced user and for newbie your first response is
always something like scolding: "why didn't you search?"

I strongly believe that your answer is inappropriate!!!






On 3/15/06, Gavin Simpson <gavin.simpson@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:52 -0800, Michael wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to use GAM to work on some data... Are there any resources
> > providing hands-on tutorial/guide on how to do GAM on data in R?
> > Specifically, I am not sure about which model to choose, and smooth
> models
> > with which effective degree-of-freedom shall I use...
> >
> > I knew there is a book titled: GAM: an introduction using R. Unfornately
> our
> > local library does not have it... so that's not an option given time
> > constraint.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your pointers!
> >
> > Michael.
>
> Michael,
>
> Please learn to use the search tools provided for you! You have posted
> numerous emails to the list recently, many of which you could have
> solved for yourself if only you'd heeded peoples' advice and searched
> for yourself.
>
> For this problem;
>
> 1) I'd suggest to the local library that they might consider buying the
> book, but in the meantime...
>
> 2) ...in R, do RSiteSearch("GAM") and look at the list shown in your
> browser. The first hit is the help page for package mgcv. Look at the
> references included on that help page - most are technical/statistical
> papers, but a starting point might be the RNews article Simon Wood
> wrote.
>
> That should get yourself started. But if you'd done the search yourself,
> you wouldn't have had to wait for someone on the list to do it for you.
>
> Finally - Please read the posting guide - it is there for a reason.
>
> HTH
>
> G
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