## tests of offsets, and prediction from them. data(anorexia, package = "MASS") ## via formula fit1 <- lm(Postwt ~ Prewt + Treat + offset(Prewt), data = anorexia) summary(fit1) pred <- fitted(fit1) stopifnot(all.equal(predict(fit1, anorexia), pred)) ## via argument fit2 <- lm(Postwt ~ Prewt + Treat, data = anorexia, offset=Prewt) summary(fit2) stopifnot(all.equal(predict(fit2, anorexia), pred)) ## now spili into two parts anorexia$o1 <- 0.9*anorexia$Prewt anorexia$o2 <- 0.1*anorexia$Prewt fit3 <- lm(Postwt ~ Prewt + Treat + offset(o1) + offset(o2), data = anorexia) summary(fit3) stopifnot(all.equal(predict(fit3, anorexia), pred)) fit4 <- lm(Postwt ~ Prewt + Treat + offset(o1), data = anorexia, offset = o2) summary(fit4) stopifnot(all.equal(predict(fit4, anorexia), pred)) ## using more than one offset failed in R 2.8.1