In looking across my options for presenting smoothed data I can't find
anywhere a function to calculate running average (of varying 'window'
sizes). I've used the various lowess and smooth functions, but was
wondering why running averages are apparently completely absent from Splus,
Tukey (1977), and both of Cleveland's books? Is the running average
unacceptable in the eyes of some?
Further, has anybody opted to extend smooth() beyond medians of 3? I assume
this would behave in a similar fashion to playing with 'f' in lowess() ?
Thanks
Michael
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