Re: [R] GAM for non-integer proportions

2010-02-23 Thread Gavin Simpson
On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 01:33 -0500, Julian Burgos wrote: > Dear list, > > Im using the mgcv package to model the proportion by weight of certain prey > on the stomach content of a predator. This proportion is the ratio of two > weights (prey weight over stomach weight), and ranges between 0 and 1.

[R] GAM for non-integer proportions

2010-02-14 Thread Julian Burgos
Dear list, I´m using the mgcv package to model the proportion by weight of certain prey on the stomach content of a predator. This proportion is the ratio of two weights (prey weight over stomach weight), and ranges between 0 and 1. The variance is low when proportion is close to 0 and 1, and hi