Re: [R] Problem with 'nls' fitting logistic model (5PL)

2012-05-03 Thread Michal Figurski
7 Maloney S Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 On 5/2/2012 3:47 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: Plot the data. You're clearly overfitting. (If you don't know what this means or why it causes the problems you see, try a statistical help list or consult your local statistician).

[R] Problem with 'nls' fitting logistic model (5PL)

2012-05-02 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-Helpers, I'm working with immunoassay data and 5PL logistic model. I wanted to experiment with different forms of weighting and parameter selection, which is not possible in instrument software, so I turned to R. I am using R 2.14.2 under Win7 64bit, and the 'nls' library to fit the m

Re: [R] Estimating correlation in multiple measures data

2011-03-24 Thread Michal Figurski
ient are very similar, you could simply average them, then proceed as if you had 10 independent measurements. Peter On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Michal Figurski wrote: Peter, This is actually too simple - it doesn't take into account the fact that the data were measured several tim

[R] Estimating correlation in multiple measures data

2011-03-23 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers, This may sound simple to you, but I'm a beginner in this, so please be forgiving. I have a following problem: two analytes were measured in patient's blood on 4 occasions: ProteinA and ProteinB. How to correctly evaluate correlation between ProteinA and ProteinB? I tried: x <

[R] Big data (over 2GB) and lmer

2010-10-21 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers I have a data set of roughly 10 million records, 7 columns. It has only about 500MB as a csv, so it fits in the memory. It's painfully slow to do anything with it, but it's possible. I also have another dataset of covariates that I would like to explore - with about 4GB of data.

Re: [R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-11 Thread Michal Figurski
y 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 On 2010-08-10 13:12, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Michal Figurski wrote: # And the result of the Passing-Bablok regression on this data frame: Estimate 5%CI 95%CI Intercept -4.306197 -9.948438 -1.374663 Slope 1.2575

Re: [R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-10 Thread Michal Figurski
Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 On 2010-08-10 13:12, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Michal Figurski wrote: # And the result of the Passing-Bablok regression on this data frame: Estimate 5%CI 95%CI Intercept -4.306197 -9.948438 -1.374663 Slope

Re: [R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-10 Thread Michal Figurski
13 On 2010-08-10 12:29, Frank Harrell wrote: Please give the prescription. The article is not available on our extensive online library. I wonder if the method can compete with the bootstrap. Frank Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chairman School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Va

Re: [R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-10 Thread Michal Figurski
;nls' class currently *ignores* the interval parameter - as it is stated in documentation. Regards -- Michal J. Figurski, PhD HUP, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Biomarker Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 On 2010-08-10 11:38, Dav

Re: [R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-10 Thread Michal Figurski
27; models. -- Michal J. Figurski, PhD HUP, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Biomarker Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 W dniu 2010-08-10 11:09, David Winsemius pisze: On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Michal Figurski wrote: Dear R-helpers and

[R] Plotting confidence bands around regression line

2010-08-10 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers and graphics gurus, I have two problems with plotting confidence bands: 1. First is relatively simple. I am using the Passing-Bablok procedure to obtain "unbiased" regression coefficients. This procedure yields the "a" & "b" coefficient values along with their confidence interva

Re: [R] Problem with plotting survival predictions from cph model

2010-05-28 Thread Michal Figurski
On 2010-05-27 13:39, Joshua Wiley wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Michal Figurski wrote: Actually, I have another problem with the same data - this time with plotting simple KM lines. The dataset is attached. Michal, Just as a heads up, only certain types of files can be atta

Re: [R] Problem with plotting survival predictions from cph model

2010-05-27 Thread Michal Figurski
Actually, I have another problem with the same data - this time with plotting simple KM lines. The dataset is attached. In this excercise I was testing two ways of representing time from the previously attached interval dataset. Here t1 is the "stop" time at the last interval for each patient,

Re: [R] Problem with plotting survival predictions from cph model

2010-05-27 Thread Michal Figurski
Well, I am very proud of myself. Here is something to help you. The dataset is attached, with "anonymized" column names. The code to reproduce the error is below: library(rms) d <- datadist(x) options(datadist="d") f <- cph(Surv(start,stop,status)~P1*P2 + P3, data=x, x=T, y=T, surv=T) plot(Pre

[R] Problem with plotting survival predictions from cph model

2010-05-26 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers, I am working with 'cph' models from 'rms' library. When I build simple survival models, based on 'Surv(time, event)', everything is fine and I can make nice plots using plot(Predict(f, time=3)). However, recently I tried to be more specific and used 'Surv(start, stop, event)'

[R] How to estimate the residual SD for each sample separately in mixed-effects model?

2010-04-29 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers, I am developing a Mixed-Effects model for a study of immunoassays using 'lme4' library. The study design is as follows: 10 samples were run using 7 different immunoassays, 3 times each, in duplicates. Data attached. I have developed the following model: c.lme <- lmer(Result~S

Re: [R] Problem comparing hazard ratios

2010-03-31 Thread Michal Figurski
Thank you, gentlemen. I greatly appreciate your help. -- Michal J. Figurski, PhD HUP, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Biomarker Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 __ R-help@r-project.org mailing li

[R] Problem comparing hazard ratios

2010-03-30 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-Helpers, I am a novice in survival analysis. I have the following code: for (i in 3:12) print(coxph(Surv(time, status)~a[,i], data=a)) I used it to fit the Cox Proportional Hazard models separately for every available parameter (columns 3:12) in my data set - with intention to compare t

[R] 'nlme' library - lme function results

2010-01-15 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers I am running a simple mixed effects model using lme(). The call looks like this: fit <- lme(Analyte~Sample, data=Data, random=~1 | Run) I am particularly interested in the estimated random effects. When I print the 'fit' object, it looks something like example below: (...) Ra

Re: [R] Starting NONMEM (nmfe6) from R

2009-08-05 Thread Michal Figurski
\nmfe6 "K:\nmvi\path\control.txt" "K:\nmvi\path\output.txt" Alternatively, you could make sure R is working in the right directory. e.g. setwd('K:\nmvi') Scott Scott Sherrill-Mix Department of Microbiology University of Pennsylvania 402B Johnson Pavilion 3610 Hamilton

[R] Starting NONMEM (nmfe6) from R

2009-08-05 Thread Michal Figurski
Hello, I have made an R script that prepares a NONMEM dataset and I would like to start the NONMEM run right after the dataset is ready. I am using windows XP, R 2.9.1 and NONMEM 6. I have prepared a run.bat file that looks like this: call K:\nmvi\NMdi

[R] Problem with greek "beta" symbol in plot using CairoPDF (Windows)

2009-04-24 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-Helpers, I have a problem with displaying the greek "beta" symbol in PDF files using Cairo library - it displays as an empty box. The same also happens for a dash symbol in subscript. Both symbols are displayed correctly if the plot is produced on screen (outside of CairoPDF). The syn

Re: [R] Beginner's question: number formatting

2008-10-17 Thread Michal Figurski
Thank you all for quick responses, This was very helpful. I knew there was a simple way! -- Michal J. Figurski Prof Brian Ripley wrote: sprintf("%03d", 2) formatC(2, width=3, flag="0") both give [1] "002" On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Michal Figurski wrote: Hell

[R] Beginner's question: number formatting

2008-10-17 Thread Michal Figurski
Hello R-helpers, I have a problem with formatting a single number to show leading zeros. For example, I want "2" displayed as "002". My numbers have 1 to 3 digits and I would like them all to display 3 digits for printing. I know I could use "paste" in a loop with several "if"s, but I was wo

[R] How to store the results of multiple iterations of 'aov' in a data.frame?

2008-10-07 Thread Michal Figurski
the structure of aov object, but the sums of squares are not listed there, though 'summary(a)' prints them. Please help. -- Michal Figurski Michal Figurski wrote: Dear R-helpers, I have a dataset named "qu", organized as follows: SampleRunReplicateValue 11

[R] Need to calculate within- and between- run CV

2008-10-06 Thread Michal Figurski
Dear R-helpers, I have a dataset named "qu", organized as follows: Sample Run Replicate Value 1 1 1 25 1 1 2 40 1 1 3 33 1 1 4 29 1 2 1 37 1 2

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-08-01 Thread Michal Figurski
edicine Xenobiotics Toxicokinetics Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 Gustaf Rydevik wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Michal Figurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank and all, The point you were looking for was in a page that was linked

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-31 Thread Michal Figurski
Gustaf, Summarizing things I don't understand: - Honestly, I was thinking I can use bootstrap to obtain better estimate of a mean - provided that I want it. So, I can't? - If I can't obtain reliable estimates of CI and variance from a small dataset, but I can do it with bootstrap - isn't it a "

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-31 Thread Michal Figurski
vertheless I thank you (all) for relevant criticism on the procedure (in the points where it was relevant). I plan to use this methodology further, and it was good to find out that it withstood your criticism. I will look into the penalized methods, though. -- Michal J. Figurski Frank E Harrel

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-30 Thread Michal Figurski
Tim, If I understand correctly, you are saying that one can't improve on estimating a mean by doing bootstrap and summarizing means of many such steps. As far as I understand (again), you're saying that this way one can only add bias without any improvement... Well, this is in contradiction

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-24 Thread Michal Figurski
e and reject the cosmology because it is beyond me. That's the "flat earth" philosophy of science, and it is a terrible obstacle to scientific progress and human enlightenment, in general. Cheers, Bert Gunter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-24 Thread Michal Figurski
riginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Figurski Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:22 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them? Thank you all for your words of wisdom. I sta

[R] [Fwd: Re: Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?]

2008-07-24 Thread Michal Figurski
greatly appreciate your time and advices in this matter. -- Michal J. Figurski Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: Gustaf Rydevik wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Michal Figurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I believe that you misunderstand the passage. Do you know what multiple stepwi

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-23 Thread Michal Figurski
u see someone trying to do something silly - eg pull the trigger while the gun is pointed at their foot - would you really give them the instruction they asked for on how to get the safety catch off? Or tell them that what they are doing is silly? (Me, well, it's their foot bu

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-23 Thread Michal Figurski
Thank you Gustaf, I apologize for not including an example data in my first email. Nevertheless, your code worked for me excellently - I only added "55" as the size of sample. I must admit this code looks so much simpler, compared to SAS. I am beginning to love R, despite some disrespectful

[R] [Fwd: Re: Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?]

2008-07-23 Thread Michal Figurski
I think the argument supporting the use of bootstrap to determine coefficients, as opposed to just running linear regression on the whole dataset, is the comparison of Rsq and prediction errors between these two approaches - page 1502. There's a substantial difference in favor of the bootstrap app

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-22 Thread Michal Figurski
k's book, Regression Modeling Strategies: http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/RmS Marc Schwartz on 07/22/2008 09:43 AM Michal Figurski wrote: Hmm... It sounds like ideology to me. I was asking for technical help. I know what I want to do, just don't know how to do it i

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-22 Thread Michal Figurski
to ignore that advice and use bootstrap for point estimates rather than the properties of those estimates (which is what bootstrap is for) then you are on your own. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Figurski Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 20

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-22 Thread Michal Figurski
hal J. Figurski HUP, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Xenobiotics Toxicokinetics Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413 Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: Michal Figurski wrote: Frank, "How does bootstrap improve on that?" I don't know, but I

Re: [R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-21 Thread Michal Figurski
the coeffcients for the model that gives the "nearly unbiased estimates". I greatly appreciate your help. -- Michal J. Figurski HUP, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Xenobiotics Toxicokinetics Research Laboratory 3400 Spruce St. 7 Maloney Philadelphia, PA 19104 tel. (215) 662-3413

[R] Coefficients of Logistic Regression from bootstrap - how to get them?

2008-07-21 Thread Michal Figurski
Hello all, I am trying to optimize my logistic regression model by using bootstrap. I was previously using SAS for this kind of tasks, but I am now switching to R. My data frame consists of 5 columns and has 109 rows. Each row is a single record composed of the following values: Subject_name

Re: [R] Problem with by(... , median)

2008-06-10 Thread Michal Figurski
FUN=median, na.rm = T) On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Michal Figurski <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Hello everyone, I am new to R, I have been using SAS for a while. Not surprisingly, I find R much better in graphics, which is publication

[R] Problem with by(... , median)

2008-06-10 Thread Michal Figurski
Hello everyone, I am new to R, I have been using SAS for a while. Not surprisingly, I find R much better in graphics, which is publication ready right away. Recently, I have been trying to calculate some basic statistics using R. I have a dataset of multiple rows per subject. For example: S