yR2 {splinetree}

Computes percent of variation in response explained by spline tree.

Description

Computes the percentage of variation in response explained by the spline tree. This metric is only meaningful if model$intercept==TRUE. If the tree includes an intercept, the measure will be between 0 and 1.

Usage

yR2(model)

Arguments

model

a model created with splineTree()

Value

An R^2 goodness measure. 1-SSE/SST where SSE is the sum of squared errors between predicted responses and true responses, and SST is sum of squared errors of true responses around population mean. Note that if the tree passed in was built without an intercept, this function will return NULL.

Examples

split_formula <- ~HISP + WHITE + BLACK + SEX + Num_sibs + HGC_FATHER + HGC_MOTHER
tree <- splineTree(split_formula, BMI~AGE, idvar = "ID",
   data = nlsySample, degree = 1, df = 3,
   intercept = TRUE, cp = 0.005)

yR2(tree)