Returns predictions and optionally associated quantities (standard errors or confidence intervals) from a fitted stepmented model object.
## S3 method for class 'stepmented'predict(object, newdata, se.fit=FALSE, interval=c("none","confidence","prediction"), type = c("link","response"), na.action=na.omit, level=0.95, .coef=NULL, .vcov=NULL, apprx.fit=c("none","cdf"), apprx.se=c("cdf","none"),...)
Arguments
object: a fitted stepmented model coming from stepmented.lm or stepmented.glm.
newdata: An optional data frame in which to look for variables with which to predict. If omitted, the fitted values are used.
se.fit: Logical. Should the standard errors be returned?
interval: Which interval? See predict.lm
type: Predictions on the link or response scale? Only if object is a stepmented glm.
na.action: How to deal with missing data, ifnewdata include them.
level: The confidence level.
.coef: The regression parameter estimates. If unspecified (i.e. NULL), it is computed internally by coef().
.vcov: The estimate covariance matrix. If unspecified (i.e. NULL), it is computed internally by vcov.stepmented().
apprx.fit: The approximation of the (x>ψ^) used to compute the predictions/fitted values of the piece-wise relationships.
apprx.se: The same abovementioned approximation to compute the standard error.
...: further arguments, for instance k to be passed to vcov.stepmented.
Details
Basically predict.stepmented builds the right design matrix accounting for breakpoint and passes it to predict.lm or predict.glm depending on the actual model fit object.
Returns
predict.stepmented produces a vector of predictions with possibly associated standard errors or confidence intervals. See predict.lm, predict.glm, or predict.segmented.
Author(s)
Vito Muggeo
Warning
For stepmented glm fits with offset, predict.stepmented returns the fitted values including the offset.