As part of the locfit fitting procedure, an estimate
of the residual variance is computed; the rv function extracts
the variance from the "locfit" object.
The estimate used is the residual sum of squares
(or residual deviance, for quasi-likelihood models),
divided by the residual degrees of freedom.
For likelihood (not quasi-likelihood) models, the estimate is 1.0.
Usage
rv(fit)
Arguments
fit
"locfit" object.
Value
Returns the residual variance estimate from the "locfit" object.