Why my results of regress function and fitlm function are different?
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My code is:
clear all
clc
x=[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10];
y=[4 5 2 7 2 8 10 2 1 5];
tbl = table(y' , x');
mdl = fitlm(tbl,'linear')
b = regress(y',[ones(size(x',1),1),x'])
I have added an intercept when operating regress function. But the results are still different.
Here are the results:
fitlm function:
mdl =
Linear regression model:
Var2 ~ 1 + Var1
Estimated Coefficients:
Estimate SE tStat pValue
_________ _______ _________ ________
(Intercept) 5.6144 1.9347 2.902 0.019832
Var1 -0.024876 0.35803 -0.069479 0.94631
Number of observations: 10, Error degrees of freedom: 8
Root Mean Squared Error: 3.21
R-squared: 0.000603, Adjusted R-Squared: -0.124
F-statistic vs. constant model: 0.00483, p-value = 0.946
regress function
b =
4.7333
-0.0242
I'm wondering the reason of the difference. And I want to know when should I use fitlm or regress. Thanks!
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dpb
on 25 Sep 2022
I don't see that...I'm guessing a different y vector, somehow, maybe???
x=[1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10].';
y=[4 5 2 7 2 8 10 2 1 5].';
mdl=fitlm(x,y,'linear');
fliplr(mdl.Coefficients.Estimate.')
fliplr(regress(y,[ones(size(x)) x]).')
polyfit(x,y,1)
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dpb
on 26 Sep 2022
Edited: dpb
on 26 Sep 2022
I whiffed on the reversal when the variables were buried in the table reference for your model, sorry.
"...it is regress(y,x). While using fitlm, it is fitlm(x,y)."
Yes, this is another case where TMW created an unnecessary user confusion/chance for error such as here by having the oddball regression routine that doesn't match any of the others in the stable. It's just poor user interface design despite the theoretical statement that one "regresses y on x"; writing the input arguments in that order simply is completely inconsistent with all regression routines and so is user error bound to trap the unwary.
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