First, try plot(x,y)
If you want to use nls, you have to specify a nonlinear function to fit to your data. See ?nls. If you are really stuck on how to fit regression models, you should consult a statistician (CSIRO has a lot of expertise). Simon. On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 12:19 +1000, Nathan S. Watson-Haigh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have the following data: > > > y > [1] 0.000 0.004 0.008 0.016 0.024 0.032 0.044 0.064 0.072 0.088 0.108 0.140 > [13] 0.156 0.180 0.208 0.236 0.264 0.296 0.320 0.360 0.408 0.444 0.472 0.524 > [25] 0.576 > > x > [1] 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 > 1500 > [16] 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 > > I'd like to plot the points and calculate a curved line of best fit. I know I > need to use nls(), but > I'm unsure how to begin....any pointers? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > - -- > - -------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Nathan S. Watson-Haigh > OCE Post Doctoral Fellow > CSIRO Livestock Industries > Queensland Bioscience Precinct > St Lucia, QLD 4067 > Australia > > Tel: +61 (0)7 3214 2922 > Fax: +61 (0)7 3214 2900 > Web: http://www.csiro.au/people/Nathan.Watson-Haigh.html > - -------------------------------------------------------- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAklqqJsACgkQ9gTv6QYzVL4gCgCgy4qShoFX/9QWgKsBqHPhLCDS > r+AAnRD3kbkImG3rVaBN6d4BP2cUmqYZ > =yVLj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. Lecturer and Consultant Statistician Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Room 320 Goddard Building (8) T: +61 7 3365 2506 http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqsblomb email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au Policies: 1. I will NOT analyse your data for you. 2. Your deadline is your problem. The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.