[R] R² for non-linear model

Bert Gunter gunter.berton at gene.com
Wed Mar 16 18:25:34 CET 2011


You can't. R^2 has no (consistent, sensible) meaning for nonlinear
models. If you don't understand why not, get local help or do some
reading.

Cheers,
Bert



On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Anna Gretschel <ana-lee at web.de> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> how can I obtain the value of r suqared for a non-linear model? For
> linear models it can be found in the summary() of the model but for
> non-linear models I just don't know. Please help!
>
> Anna
>
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