VGAM (version 0.8-2)

qtplot.lmscreg: Quantile Plot for LMS Quantile Regression

Description

Plots quantiles associated with a LMS quantile regression.

Usage

qtplot.lmscreg(object, newdata = NULL, 
               percentiles = object@misc$percentiles, 
               plot.it = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

object

A VGAM quantile regression model, i.e., an object produced by modelling functions such as vglm and vgam with a family function beginning with

newdata

Optional data frame for computing the quantiles. If missing, the original data is used.

percentiles

Numerical vector with values between 0 and 100 that specify the percentiles (quantiles). The default are the percentiles used when the model was fitted.

plot.it

Logical. Plot it? If FALSE no plot will be done.

...

Graphical parameter that are passed into plotqtplot.lmscreg.

Value

• A list with the following components.
• fitted.values
  A vector of fitted percentile values.
• percentiles
  The percentiles used.

Details

The `primary' variable is defined as the main covariate upon which the regression or smoothing is performed. For example, in medical studies, it is often the age. In VGAM, it is possible to handle more than one covariate, however, the primary variable must be the first term after the intercept.

References

Yee, T. W. (2004) Quantile regression via vector generalized additive models. Statistics in Medicine, 23, 2295--2315.

Documentation accompanying the VGAM package at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~yee contains further information and examples.

See Also

plotqtplot.lmscreg, deplot.lmscreg, lms.bcn, lms.bcg, lms.yjn.

Examples

fit = vgam(BMI ~ s(age, df=c(4,2)), fam=lms.bcn(zero=1), data=bminz)
qtplot(fit)
qtplot(fit, perc=c(25,50,75,95), lcol="blue", tcol="blue", llwd=2)