Re: [R] Quantile Regression and R

2011-04-11 Thread Sheldrick, Peter (Specialty Casualty UW Support)
Pls disregard...I have it figured out. Thank you. Regards, Peter D. Sheldrick Hartford Financial Services Group > _ > From: Sheldrick, Peter (Specialty Casualty UW Support) > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:53 AM > To: 'r-help@R-project.

Re: [R] Quantile Regression and R

2011-04-08 Thread Frank Harrell
Dear Peter, Quantile regression is a nice tool but one that requires some statistical training in order to use it and interpret the results properly. I suggest backing up a bit. Frank Sheldrick, Peter (Specialty Casualty UW Support) wrote: > > Sir or Madam: > > I am new to R and the

[R] Quantile Regression and R

2011-04-08 Thread Sheldrick, Peter (Specialty Casualty UW Support)
Sir or Madam: I am new to R and the use of quantile regeression. In addition, I am a finance person not a true statistcian. Basic regression form is Y = (Coefficient * Variable) + Error Term I have results from a quantile regression where I used the Barro and Roberts method with bootstrapping f