[R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car

[Ashim Kapoor]

Dear Sir,

Many thanks for your reply. May I ask,was it replaced by another similar
function? It seems interesting enough to have a function like that.

Best Regards,
Ashim

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:

> Dear Ashim and Marc,
>
> Sorry to chime in late. As Marc suggests, the Ask() function went the way
> of the dodo before the second edition of the book (coauthored with Sandy
> Weisberg, and retitled "An R Companion to Applied Regression") was
> published.
>
> Best,
>  John
>
> -----------------------------
> John Fox, Professor
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario
> Canada L8S 4M4
> Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Ashim
> > Kapoor
> > Sent: June 21, 2016 7:35 PM
> > To: Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>
> > Cc: R-help <r-help at r-project.org>
> > Subject: Re: [R] [FORGED] Ask function missing in package car
> >
> > Dear Mark,
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Ashim
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > According to the NEWS file for the package:
> > >
> > >   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/car/NEWS
> > >
> > > the Ask() function was removed in car version 2.0-0, which was
> > > released on 2010-07-26. So it has been gone for about 6 years.
> > >
> > > The version of car that is used in the documentation that you are
> > > using is 1.2-16, which is from 2009-10-11.
> > >
> > > So the online documentation source is outdated.
> > >
> > > I see that the Ask() function is listed in the first edition of John's
> > > book, which I have on my shelf, but I don't have the second edition to
> > > know if that had been updated. A review of the index for the second
> > > edition on Amazon.com would suggest that it was removed for the second
> > edition.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Marc Schwartz
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jun 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am reading the book An R and S plus companion to Applied
> > > > Regression
> > > and I
> > > > found this function there.
> > > >
> > > > Googling gave me the link [1].
> > > >
> > > > 1. http://svitsrv25.epfl.ch/R-doc/library/car/html/Ask.html
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rolf Turner
> > > > <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On 22/06/16 13:06, Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Dear All,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> my details:-
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> sessionInfo()
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> R version 3.3.0 (2016-05-03)
> > > >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) Running under: Ubuntu 15.10
> > > >>>
> > > >>> locale:
> > > >>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_IN       LC_NUMERIC=C         LC_TIME=en_IN
> > > >>> [4] LC_COLLATE=en_IN     LC_MONETARY=en_IN    LC_MESSAGES=en_IN
> > > >>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_IN       LC_NAME=C            LC_ADDRESS=C
> > > >>> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C       LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IN
> > LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> > > >>>
> > > >>> attached base packages:
> > > >>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
>  base
> > > >>>
> > > >>> other attached packages:
> > > >>> [1] car_2.1-2
> > > >>>
> > > >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> > > >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.5        lattice_0.20-33    MASS_7.3-43
> > > >>> grid_3.3.0
> > > >>> [5] nlme_3.1-128       MatrixModels_0.4-1 SparseM_1.7
> > > >>> minqa_1.2.4
> > > >>> [9] nloptr_1.0.4       Matrix_1.2-6       splines_3.3.0
> > > >>> lme4_1.1-12
> > > >>> [13] pbkrtest_0.4-6     parallel_3.3.0     mgcv_1.8-7
> > > >>> nnet_7.3-10
> > > >>> [17] quantreg_5.24
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>    ## Not run:
> > > >>>> attach(UN)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> # enter the power-transformation parameter # start with 1 Ask(p,
> > > >>>> function(p) qq.plot(box.cox(gdp, p),
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> +         ylab=paste("transformed gdp, power =",p)))
> > > >>> Error: could not find function "Ask"
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> What can I do to correct this?
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> What led you to believe that such a function exists (in the "car"
> > > package
> > > >> or anywhere else for that matter)?  And what exactly do you want it
> > > >> to
> > > do
> > > >> for you?
> > > >>
> > > >> cheers,
> > > >>
> > > >> Rolf Turner
> > > >>
> > > >> --
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> > > >> University of Auckland
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> > >
> > >
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