[R] nls Error Message - Singular Gradient Matrix

I've been trying to run some analysis using the nls function in R but keep coming up with an error message which I don't understand how to fix. The message follows here: Error in nls(formula = f.p, data = n.data, start = list(S = 1, a = -0.1, : singular gradient In addition: Warning messages

Re: [R] nls error message

Jim Bouldin wrote: When I try to run the following non-linear regression with variables index1 and prl3: beta = 4 nls(index1~beta*(1/prl3),start = list(beta = 4)) I get this error message: Error in nls(index1 ~ beta * (1/prl3), start = list(beta = 4)) : REAL() can only be applied to a

[R] nls error message

When I try to run the following non-linear regression with variables index1 and prl3: > beta = 4 > nls(index1~beta*(1/prl3),start = list(beta = 4)) I get this error message: Error in nls(index1 ~ beta * (1/prl3), start = list(beta = 4)) : REAL() can only be applied to a 'numeric', not a 'lo