[R] gam.plot y axes meaning

[Simon Wood]

> Im starting to work with GAM using mgcv in R. When I plot a gam object 
> using gam.plot, the y axes is labelled s(cov,edf), but I dont undertand 
> what means the units of  y axes (is related with the predictor variable?).

- The y axes are on the scale of the linear predictor of your model. i.e.
The units are link(response units). [Note that smooths are "centred" to
ensure model identifiability - they sum to 0 over the covariate values].

best,
Simon

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