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Re: [S] gam prediction

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Xu Fan)
Thu Jul 29 13:10:19 1999

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:04:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Xu Fan <fan@stat.cmu.edu>
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Got the reason: "data=" should be "newdata=". Or simply delete "data=".
Thanks. 

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Xu Fan wrote:

> 
> I encountered some surprises when using  fitted gam object to
> predict based on new regressor values. It might be due to some simple
> grammar mistakes.
> 
> mod <- gam(ozone^(1/3) ~ lo(radiation) + lo(wind, temperature), data =
> air)
> 
> newdata <- data.frame(ozone=4,radiation=200,temperature=70,wind=8)
> predict.gam(mod,data=newdata)
>   # why do I get 111 outputs? I expect a single output corresponding to
>   # the new regressors feeded.
> 
> predict.gam(mod, data=air[1,])
>   # still 111 outputs.
> 
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