[R-sig-eco] Using rq() for least absolute deviation regression

[Jane Shevtsov]

I've seen several websites say that the function rq() from the package
quantreg can be used to do least absolute deviation regression. How do
you go about doing this and what's the connection between quantile
regression and LAD? (I'm very new to the former topic.)

Thanks,
Jane

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