Thank you Simon that's quite helpful! I'll compare that with the GLMSS models.
Best, Collin. > >> (1) Am I correct in understanding that Heteroscedasticity is a problem >> for >> Generalized Additive Models as it is for standard linear models? I am >> asking particularly about the GAMs as implemented in the mgcv package. >> Based upon my online search it seems that some forms of penalized >> splines >> can address heteroscedasticity while others cannot and I'm not sure what >> is true of the methods used in mgcv. > - Yes, the mgcv implementation estimates the models via penalized > likelihood maximisation, and will be as sensitive to violation of the > assumed mean variance relationship as any GLM fitted by MLE. > >> >> (2) Assuming that heteroscedasticity is a problem for the mgcv GAMs, can >> anyone recommend a good test implementation? I am familiar with the >> ncvTest method implemented in the car package but that applies only to >> lms. > - I tend to check for heteroscedasticity graphically using the usual > plots of residuals vs fitted values, predictors (and possibly > combinations of predictors). I like the way that plots often point > towards a solution to any problem they show. > > best, > Simon > > > > >> >> Thank you, >> Collin Lynch. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > -- > Simon Wood, Mathematical Science, University of Bath BA2 7AY UK > +44 (0)1225 386603 http://people.bath.ac.uk/sw283 > ______________________________________________ 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.