envelope: Normal plot with simulated envelope of the residuals.

Description

A normal plot with simulated envelope of the residual is produced.

Usage

envelope(object, type = "deviance", size = 0.95, rep = 19, optim.method=NULL, 
epsilon = 0.001, maxit = 100, plot = TRUE, verbose = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

object

object of class pgam holding the fitted model

type

type of residuals to be extracted. Default is deviance. Options are described in residuals.pgam

size

value giving the size of the envelope. Default is .95 which is equivalent to a 95% band

rep

number of replications for envelope construction. Default is 19

optim.method

optimization method to be passed to pgam and therefore to optim

epsilon

convergence control to be passed to pgam

maxit

convergence control to be passed to pgam

plot

if TRUE a plot of the envelope is produced

verbose

if TRUE a sort of information is printed during the running time

...

further arguments to plot function

Value

An object of class envelope holding the information needed to plot the envelope.

Details

Sometimes the usual Q-Q plot shows an unsatisfactory pattern of the residuals of a model fitted and we are led to think that the model is badly specificated. The normal plot with simulated envelope indicates that under the distribution of the response variable the model is OK if only a few points fall off the envelope.

If object is of class pgam the envelope is estimated and optionally plotted, else if is of class envelope then it is only plotted.

References

Atkinson, A. C. (1985) Plots, transformations and regression : an introduction to graphical methods of diagnostic regression analysis. Oxford Science Publications, Oxford.