Hi list, In the object returned by summary.nlsList, what's the difference between "coefficients" and "parameters"? The have the same "Estimate", different se (therefore t value), but same p values.
R.2.8.0 on winxp with nlme_3.1-89 Thanks, ...Tao +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > library(nlme) > fm1 <- nlsList(uptake ~ SSasympOff(conc, Asym, lrc, c0), data = CO2, start = c(Asym = 30, lrc = -4.5, c0 = 52)) > summary(fm1)$para[,,1] Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) Qn1 38.13977 0.9911148 38.48169 1.991990e-06 Qn2 42.87169 1.0932089 39.21638 2.583953e-06 Qn3 44.22800 1.0241029 43.18706 1.809264e-07 Qc1 36.42874 1.1941594 30.50576 1.140085e-05 Qc3 40.68373 1.2480923 32.59673 1.424635e-04 Qc2 39.81950 1.0167249 39.16447 2.692304e-06 Mn3 28.48286 1.0624246 26.80930 1.066434e-06 Mn2 32.12827 1.0174826 31.57624 3.488786e-06 Mn1 34.08482 1.3400596 25.43530 4.199333e-06 Mc2 13.55519 1.0506404 12.90184 4.385886e-06 Mc3 18.53506 0.8363371 22.16219 1.461563e-06 Mc1 21.78723 1.4113318 15.43735 5.756870e-06 > summary(fm1)$coef[,,1] Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) Qn1 38.13977 0.9163882 41.61967 1.991990e-06 Qn2 42.87169 1.0994599 38.99341 2.583953e-06 Qn3 44.22800 0.5829894 75.86415 1.809264e-07 Qc1 36.42874 1.3556273 26.87224 1.140085e-05 Qc3 40.68373 2.8632576 14.20890 1.424635e-04 Qc2 39.81950 1.0317496 38.59415 2.692304e-06 Mn3 28.48286 0.5852408 48.66861 1.066434e-06 Mn2 32.12827 0.8883225 36.16735 3.488786e-06 Mn1 34.08482 0.9872439 34.52522 4.199333e-06 Mc2 13.55519 0.3969189 34.15104 4.385886e-06 Mc3 18.53506 0.4121147 44.97549 1.461563e-06 Mc1 21.78723 0.6830001 31.89930 5.756870e-06 _________________________________________________________________ ore_012009 ______________________________________________ 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.