> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Lelopath > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:20 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] measure smoothness > > I have 3 sets of Cartesian data, one is 'original' data and the other > 2 are "smoothed"data. The smoothed data is the result of applying a > smoothing algorithm to the original.One set of smoothed data is the > 'old' algorithm and the other set is the 'new' algorithm. > > Does R have the capability of telling me which data is "smoother"? > > Example data (subsets of entire data set): > > original: > 61 1.419584402 > 62 1.487019923 > 63 1.436887012 > 64 1.39522855 > 65 1.455934713 > 66 1.51774951 > 67 1.603945531 > 68 1.67847891 > 69 1.559326003 > 70 1.57563213 > 71 1.591873853 > > old smoothed: > 61 1.337874627 > 62 1.391745721 > 63 1.387506435 > 64 1.382959722 > 65 1.413494505 > 66 1.445366725 > 67 1.474782643 > 68 1.474782643 > 69 1.474782643 > 70 1.474782643 > 71 1.500106199 > > new smoothed: > 61 1.399345513 > 62 1.416106263 > 63 1.451252527 > 64 1.486278253 > 65 1.505360173 > 66 1.522991093 > 67 1.535206073 > 68 1.546861126 > 69 1.589831189 > 70 1.608288145 > 71 1.620107467 >
There is no way of answering this question without knowing what what your criterion/criteria for "smoother" is/are. Dan Daniel J. Nordlund Research and Data Analysis Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Olympia, WA 98504-5204 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
