Re: [R] Help with nls and error messages singular gradient

2009-08-25 Thread Sundar Dorai-Raj
Another alternative is to use SSlogis which is very similar to the model you're fitting except with one additional parameter: Asym <- 3 xmid <- 0 scal <- 10 model <- nls(bod ~ SSlogis(time, Asym, xmid, scal), data = mydata) summary(model) plot(bod ~ time, mydata) newdata <- data.frame(time = seq(1

Re: [R] Help with nls and error messages singular gradient

2009-08-25 Thread Sundar Dorai-Raj
Hi, Michael, I think the SPSS answer is wrong. Your starting values are way off. Look at this plot for verification: con <- textConnection("time bod 11 0.47 22 0.74 33 1.17 44 1.42 55 1.60 67 1.84 79 2.19 8 11 2.17") mydata <- read.table(con, header = TRUE) close(co