Regression - Diagnostic - Plot - Residuals vs Fitted extension
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Create a scatterplot of residuals versus fitted values
A chart of residual versus fitted values from a regression model. See this Cross Validated post for a discussion of the interpretation of this diagnostic.
Example
An example output from running this QScript on a Regression - Linear Regression output is shown below.
Acknowledgements
Uses the plot.lm or plot.glm function from the stats R package.
References
Bock, T. (2018, August 3) What are Residuals? [Blog post]. Accessed from https://www.displayr.com/learn-what-are-residuals/.
Code
includeWeb("QScript R Output Functions");
var is_displayr = (!!Q.isOnTheWeb && Q.isOnTheWeb());
if (!is_displayr)
{
if (Q.fileFormatVersion() >= 17.13)
main();
else
alert("Please update Q to use this feature from the extension button, or run it from the menu via Create > Regression > Diagnostic > Plot > Residuals vs Fitted.");
}
else
{
main();
}
function main() {
// The following 2 variables contain information specific to this diagnostic.
var required_class = "Regression";
var output_name_suffix = "residuals.vs.fitted";
var item = checkSelectedItemClass(required_class);
if (item == null)
return false;
var r_name = stringToRName(item.referenceName);
// The following lines contain the R code to run
var expression = "plot(" + r_name + ", which = 1)"
return createROutput(item, expression, output_name_suffix);
}