Two numeric covariates
Data Cars2004nh
data(Cars2004nh, package = "mffSM")
head(Cars2004nh)
## vname type drive price.retail price.dealer price cons.city cons.highway
## 1 Chevrolet.Aveo.4dr 1 1 11690 10965 11327.5 8.4 6.9
## 2 Chevrolet.Aveo.LS.4dr.hatch 1 1 12585 11802 12193.5 8.4 6.9
## 3 Chevrolet.Cavalier.2dr 1 1 14610 13697 14153.5 9.0 6.4
## 4 Chevrolet.Cavalier.4dr 1 1 14810 13884 14347.0 9.0 6.4
## 5 Chevrolet.Cavalier.LS.2dr 1 1 16385 15357 15871.0 9.0 6.4
## 6 Dodge.Neon.SE.4dr 1 1 13670 12849 13259.5 8.1 6.5
## consumption engine.size ncylinder horsepower weight iweight lweight wheel.base length width
## 1 7.65 1.6 4 103 1075 0.0009302326 6.980076 249 424 168
## 2 7.65 1.6 4 103 1065 0.0009389671 6.970730 249 389 168
## 3 7.70 2.2 4 140 1187 0.0008424600 7.079184 264 465 175
## 4 7.70 2.2 4 140 1214 0.0008237232 7.101676 264 465 173
## 5 7.70 2.2 4 140 1187 0.0008424600 7.079184 264 465 175
## 6 7.30 2.0 4 132 1171 0.0008539710 7.065613 267 442 170
## ftype fdrive
## 1 personal front
## 2 personal front
## 3 personal front
## 4 personal front
## 5 personal front
## 6 personal front
dim(Cars2004nh)
## [1] 425 20
summary(Cars2004nh)
## vname type drive price.retail price.dealer
## Length:425 Min. :1.000 Min. :1.000 Min. : 10280 Min. : 9875
## Class :character 1st Qu.:1.000 1st Qu.:1.000 1st Qu.: 20370 1st Qu.: 18973
## Mode :character Median :1.000 Median :1.000 Median : 27905 Median : 25672
## Mean :2.219 Mean :1.692 Mean : 32866 Mean : 30096
## 3rd Qu.:3.000 3rd Qu.:2.000 3rd Qu.: 39235 3rd Qu.: 35777
## Max. :6.000 Max. :3.000 Max. :192465 Max. :173560
##
## price cons.city cons.highway consumption engine.size ncylinder
## Min. : 10078 Min. : 6.20 Min. : 5.100 Min. : 5.65 Min. :1.300 Min. :-1.000
## 1st Qu.: 19600 1st Qu.:11.20 1st Qu.: 8.100 1st Qu.: 9.65 1st Qu.:2.400 1st Qu.: 4.000
## Median : 26656 Median :12.40 Median : 9.000 Median :10.70 Median :3.000 Median : 6.000
## Mean : 31481 Mean :12.36 Mean : 9.142 Mean :10.75 Mean :3.208 Mean : 5.791
## 3rd Qu.: 37514 3rd Qu.:13.80 3rd Qu.: 9.800 3rd Qu.:11.65 3rd Qu.:3.900 3rd Qu.: 6.000
## Max. :183012 Max. :23.50 Max. :19.600 Max. :21.55 Max. :8.300 Max. :12.000
## NA's :14 NA's :14 NA's :14
## horsepower weight iweight lweight wheel.base length
## Min. :100.0 Min. : 923 Min. :0.0003067 Min. :6.828 Min. :226.0 Min. :363.0
## 1st Qu.:165.0 1st Qu.:1412 1st Qu.:0.0005542 1st Qu.:7.253 1st Qu.:262.0 1st Qu.:450.0
## Median :210.0 Median :1577 Median :0.0006341 Median :7.363 Median :272.0 Median :472.0
## Mean :216.8 Mean :1626 Mean :0.0006412 Mean :7.373 Mean :274.9 Mean :470.6
## 3rd Qu.:255.0 3rd Qu.:1804 3rd Qu.:0.0007082 3rd Qu.:7.498 3rd Qu.:284.0 3rd Qu.:490.0
## Max. :500.0 Max. :3261 Max. :0.0010834 Max. :8.090 Max. :366.0 Max. :577.0
## NA's :2 NA's :2 NA's :2 NA's :2 NA's :26
## width ftype fdrive
## Min. :163.0 personal:242 front:223
## 1st Qu.:175.0 wagon : 30 rear :110
## Median :180.0 SUV : 60 4x4 : 92
## Mean :181.1 pickup : 24
## 3rd Qu.:185.0 sport : 49
## Max. :206.0 minivan : 20
## NA's :28
To be able to compare a model fitted here with other models where also other covariates will be included, we restrict ourselves to a subset of the dataset where all variables consumption
, lweight
and engine.size
are known.
isComplete <- complete.cases(Cars2004nh[, c("consumption", "lweight", "engine.size")])
sum(!isComplete)
## [1] 16
CarsNow <- subset(Cars2004nh, isComplete, select = c("consumption", "drive", "fdrive", "weight", "lweight", "engine.size", "horsepower"))
dim(CarsNow)
## [1] 409 7
summary(CarsNow)
## consumption drive fdrive weight lweight engine.size
## Min. : 5.65 Min. :1.000 front:212 Min. : 923 Min. :6.828 Min. :1.300
## 1st Qu.: 9.65 1st Qu.:1.000 rear :108 1st Qu.:1415 1st Qu.:7.255 1st Qu.:2.400
## Median :10.70 Median :1.000 4x4 : 89 Median :1577 Median :7.363 Median :3.000
## Mean :10.75 Mean :1.699 Mean :1622 Mean :7.371 Mean :3.178
## 3rd Qu.:11.65 3rd Qu.:2.000 3rd Qu.:1804 3rd Qu.:7.498 3rd Qu.:3.800
## Max. :21.55 Max. :3.000 Max. :2903 Max. :7.973 Max. :6.000
## horsepower
## Min. :100.0
## 1st Qu.:165.0
## Median :210.0
## Mean :215.8
## 3rd Qu.:250.0
## Max. :493.0
consumption
on lweight
and engine.size
scatterplotMatrix
is from package car
.library("car")
scatterplotMatrix(~consumption + lweight + engine.size, reg.line = lm, smooth = FALSE, spread = TRUE, diagonal = "histogram",
data = CarsNow, pch = 16)