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- abbreviation genetics
locally weighted robust scatterplot smoothing
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Lowess regression was performed using the "lowess" function with a smoother span of 0.2
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Even if you're just adding the trend as a smoother (and a moving average would almost always be a better way to smooth time series data, while a lowess would be the more normal way to smooth a scatterplot), selecting one by the r-squared criterion (or any other residual variance criterion) wouldn't necessarily make sense.
Over-qualified?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Steve M., loess and lowess both treat end conditions the same way.
Mannomatic Smoothing and Pinned End-points « Climate Audit 2007
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I fitted it with lowess using f=1/3, a more usual smooth, just to see what it looked like top panel.
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He could have just put a spline or lowess and smoothed without padding as well.
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The jagged line is annual averages, the smooth line is a lowess smooth.
Open Mind tamino 2010
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The jagged line is annual averages, the smooth line is a lowess smooth.
Open Mind tamino 2010
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The jagged line is annual averages, the smooth line is a lowess smooth.
Open Mind tamino 2010
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The statistical package R is used for the correction, and specifically the scatter plot smoothing function lowess using default parameters.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Panagiotis Alexiou et al. 2010
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The jagged line is annual averages, the smooth line is a lowess smooth.
Open Mind tamino 2010
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