# Re: [R] partially linear models

From: Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard_at_biostat.ku.dk>
Date: Tue 20 Dec 2005 - 19:31:07 EST

> This doesn't look like an R question, as I know of no pre-packaged
> functionality publicly available that can fit the model that Elizabeth
> described, and it doesn't seem like she's particularly interested in an
> R-based answer, either.
>
> My gut feeling is that if there is a test of significance for beta in such a
> model, it probably shouldn't depend upon how f() is fitted, wavelets or
> otherwise. I.e., any test for the linear component in a partially linear
> model ought to do just fine. The main difference here, from a fully linear
> model, is that one no longer can estimate E(y) without bias, even with the
> assumption that the model is correct. What gets messier still is if
> data-dependent smoothing/de-noising is done in estimating f(), as that opens
> up a whole bucket of nasty creatures.
>
> I could be off, though, so take this with a truck-load of NaCl...

Isn't it just a gam() model (package mgcv), if you replace the wavelets with splines?

> Andy
>
> From: Spencer Graves
> >
> > I have seen no replies to this post, and I don't know
> > that I can
> > help, either. However, I wonder if you tried "RSiteSearch" with your
> > favorite key words and phrases? For example, I just got 107 hits for
> > 'RSiteSearch("wavelets")'. I wonder if any of them might help you.
> >
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> > Best Wishes,
> > spencer graves
> >
> > Elizabeth Lawson wrote:
> >
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I am estiamting a partially linear model
> > y=X\beta+f(\theta) where the f(\theta) is estiamted using wavelets.
> > >
> > > Has anyone heard of methods to test if the betas are
> > significant or to address model fit?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any thoughts or comments.
> > >
> > > Elizabeth Lawson
> > >
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