Dear Ashim, > -----Original Message----- > From: Ashim Kapoor [mailto:ashimkap...@gmail.com] > Sent: June 21, 2016 10:10 PM > To: Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> > Cc: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com>; R-help <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car > > Dear Sir, > > > Many thanks for your reply. May I ask,was it replaced by another similar > function?
No. > It seems interesting enough to have a function like that. I guess it didn't seem that useful to us. You can simply modify commands in a programming editor. Best, John > > > Best Regards, > > Ashim > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca > <mailto:j...@mcmaster.ca> > wrote: > > > Dear Ashim and Marc, > > Sorry to chime in late. As Marc suggests, the Ask() function went the > way of the dodo before the second edition of the book (coauthored with Sandy > Weisberg, and retitled "An R Companion to Applied Regression") was > published. > > Best, > John > > ----------------------------- > John Fox, Professor > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario > Canada L8S 4M4 > Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org <mailto:r-help- > boun...@r-project.org> ] On Behalf Of Ashim > > Kapoor > > Sent: June 21, 2016 7:35 PM > > To: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com > <mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com> > > > Cc: R-help <r-help@r-project.org <mailto:r-help@r-project.org> > > > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car > > > > Dear Mark, > > > > Many thanks. > > > > Best Regards, > > Ashim > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz > <marc_schwa...@me.com <mailto:marc_schwa...@me.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > According to the NEWS file for the package: > > > > > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS > > > > > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which was > > > released on 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6 years. > > > > > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you are > > > using is 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11. > > > > > > So the online documentation source is outdated. > > > > > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition of > John's > > > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second edition > to > > > know if that had been updated. A review of the index for the second > > > edition on Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for the > second > > edition. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Marc Schwartz > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor > <ashimkap...@gmail.com <mailto:ashimkap...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied > > > > Regression > > > and I > > > > found this function there. > > > > > > > > Googling gave me the link [1]. > > > > > > > > 1. http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner > > > > <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz <mailto:r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Dear All, > > > >>> > > > >>> my details:- > > > >>> > > > >>>> sessionInfo() > > > >>>> > > > >>> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03) > > > >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) Running under: Ubuntu > 15.10 > > > >>> > > > >>> locale: > > > >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_IN > > > >>> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN LC_MONETARY=en_IN > LC_MESSAGES=en_IN > > > >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C > > > >>> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN > > LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > > >>> > > > >>> attached base packages: > > > >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > base > > > >>> > > > >>> other attached packages: > > > >>> [1] car_2.1-2 > > > >>> > > > >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > > >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.5 lattice_0.20-33 MASS_7.3-43 > > > >>> grid_3.3.0 > > > >>> [5] nlme_3.1-128 MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7 > > > >>> minqa_1.2.4 > > > >>> [9] nloptr_1.0.4 Matrix_1.2-6 splines_3.3.0 > > > >>> lme4_1.1-12 > > > >>> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6 parallel_3.3.0 mgcv_1.8-7 > > > >>> nnet_7.3-10 > > > >>> [17] quantreg_5.24 > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> ## Not run: > > > >>>> attach(UN) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> # enter the power-transformation parameter # start with 1 > Ask(p, > > > >>>> function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p), > > > >>>> > > > >>> + ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p))) > > > >>> Error: could not find function "Ask" > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> What can I do to correct this? > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car" > > > package > > > >> or anywhere else for that matter)? And what exactly do you > want it > > > >> to > > > do > > > >> for you? > > > >> > > > >> cheers, > > > >> > > > >> Rolf Turner > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Technical Editor ANZJS > > > >> Department of Statistics > > > >> University of Auckland > > > >> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > > > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
