[R] Specify a correct formula in R for Piecewise Linear Functions?

[vmuggeo at dssm.unipa.it]

> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, zhijie zhang wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>  I have two variables, y and x. It seems that the relationship between
>> them
>> is Piecewise Linear Functions. The cutpoint is 20.

Have a look to the package segmented if you don't know exactly the
breakpoint and you are interested in estimating it,

all the best,
vito

That is, when x<20,
>> there
>> is a linear relationship between y and x; while x>=20, there is another
>> different linear relationship between them.
>> How can i specify their relationships in R correctly?
>> # glm(y~I(x<20)+I(x>=20),family = binomial, data = point)  something
>> like
>> this?
>
> Try this:
>
>> library(splines)
>> fit <- glm( y ~ bs( x, deg=1, knots=20 ), family=binomial)
>
> HTH,
>
> Chuck
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