plotdiag.deviances {forsearch}

Plot Diagnostic Deviance Statistics

Description

Plot output from forsearch_glm to show change in deviances as the number of observations in the forward search procedure increases. Save plot in folder containing working directory.

Usage

plotdiag.deviances(forn, devtype, maintitle = "Put main title here", 
subtitle = "Put subtitle here", caption="Put caption here", 
wmf = "Put_plot_file_title_here", 
Cairo=TRUE, printgraph=TRUE,addline="none",
verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

forn

Name of output file from forsearch_glm

devtype

Type of deviance: "R" or "N" for Residual deviance or Null deviance

maintitle

Main title of plot

subtitle

Subtitle of plot

caption

Content of caption

wmf

File name of stored plot; omit ".wmf"

Cairo

TRUE causes use of Cairo graphics

printgraph

TRUE causes graph to print to file and closes device

addline

add a line to the graph; abbreviation allowed; "none","loess", or "straight"

verbose

If TRUE, indicates beginning and end of function

Value

Process and plot deviances from forsearch_glm

Author(s)

William R. Fairweather

References

Atkinson, A and M Riani. Robust Diagnostic Regression Analysis, Springer, New York, 2000.