Stability Study

Model Summary

  

The model summary table shows several statistics that can help you evaluate how well the final model fits the data.

·    S is measured in the units of the response variable and represents the standard distance that data values fall from the regression line. For a given study,  the better the equation predicts the response, the lower S is.

·    Rimage\squared.gif (R-Sq) describes the amount of variation in the observed response values that is explained by the terms in the final model. Rimage\squared.gif always increases with additional predictors.

·    Adjusted Rimage\squared.gif (R-sq(adj)) is a modified Rimage\squared.gif that is adjusted for the number of terms in the model. Unlike Rimage\squared.gif, adjusted Rimage\squared.gif may be smaller when the model contains more terms. Use adjusted Rimage\squared.gif to compare models that have different numbers of predictors.

·    Predicted Rimage\squared.gif (R-sq(pred)) is a measure of how well the model predicts the response for new observations. This statistic is more useful than adjusted Rimage\squared.gif for comparing models because it is calculated with observations that are not included in the model calculation. Larger values of predicted Rimage\squared.gif suggest models of greater predictive ability.

Example Output

Model Summary

 

       S    R-sq  R-sq(adj)  R-sq(pred)

0.594983  92.39%     90.10%      85.22%

Interpretation

For the pill data, both Rimage\squared.gif (92.39%) and adjusted Rimage\squared.gif (90.10%) are close to 100%, which indicates that the model fits the data well. The predicted Rimage\squared.gif (85.22%) is also reasonably high, which indicates that the model is useful for predicting new observations.