Dear S+ users,
Sorry: I have realized that I was missing the degree parameter in loess
which has value 2 by default. Setting degree=1 provides same results
than lowess.
Sorry again,
Jean-Louis
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Original message:
> Dear S+ users,
>
> I have been using the lowess function to add a smooth curve to my
> scatter plots.
> Now, I want to use the loess function but I am having trouble because
> I am getting different results with the two functions. Here is an
> example:
>
> attach(ethanol)
> ethanol.loess<-loess(NOx~E,degree=1,span=2/3)
>
> plot(ethanol.loess,xlim=range(E),ylim=range(NOx,fitted(ethanol.loess))
> )
> points(E,NOx)
> lines(lowess(E,NOx,f=2/3),col=2)
>
> The two curves are very different (visually, I prefer the one produced
> with loess).
> Am I leaving something out in setting up the parameters?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Jean-Louis
> (I am using S+ 4.5 Professional, release 1)
>
> ---------------------
> Jean-Louis Laffont
> Pioneer Semences
> Aussonne - France
> email: laffont@phibred.com
>
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