Re: [R] r-square for non-linear regression

2012-04-26 Thread John C Nash
As Bert Gunter points out, the statistic R-squared should not be given any grand meaning. However, (also in the archives) I use it in my nonlinear least squares codes as a "sanity check" -- and not more than that. Since it is computed as {1 - (residual SS)/(SS from mean)}, do you really want t

Re: [R] r-square for non-linear regression

2012-04-25 Thread Bert Gunter
This question has been asked many times before. Please search the archives. The short answer is: R-squared is more or less meaningless in nonlinear regression. The archives provide elaboration and caveats to this claim. -- Bert On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Pierre Grison wrote: > Hi, > > I s