NAME
dbcolsregression - compute linear regression between two columns
SYNOPSIS
dbcolsregression  [-a] column1 column2
DESCRIPTION
Compute linear regression over column1 and column2. Outputs slope, intercept, and correlation coefficient.
OPTIONS
- -a or --include-non-numeric
 - 
Compute stats over all records (treat non-numeric records as zero rather than just ignoring them).
 - -f FORMAT or --format FORMAT
 - 
Specify a printf(3)-style format for output statistics. Defaults to
%.5g. 
This module also supports the standard fsdb options:
- -d
 - 
Enable debugging output.
 - -i or --input InputSource
 - 
Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or
-for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects. - -o or --output OutputDestination
 - 
Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or
-for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects. - --autorun or --noautorun
 - 
By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The
--(no)autorunoption controls that behavior within Perl. - --help
 - 
Show help.
 - --man
 - 
Show full manual.
 
SAMPLE USAGE
Input:
#fsdb x	y
160	126
180	103
200	82
220	75
240	82
260	40
280	20
Command:
cat DATA/xy.fsdb | dbcolsregression x y | dblistize
Output:
#fsdb -R C slope:d intercept:d confcoeff:d n:q
slope:     -0.79286
intercept: 249.86
confcoeff: -0.95426
n:         7
#  | dbcolsregression x y
#                confidence intervals assume normal distribution and small n.
#  | dblistize
Sample data from http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/calctopic1/regression.html by Stefan Waner and Steven R. Costenoble.
SEE ALSO
dbcolstats, dbcolscorrelate, Fsdb.
CLASS FUNCTIONS
new
$filter = new Fsdb::Filter::dbcolsregression(@arguments);
Create a new dbcolsregression object, taking command-line arguments.
set_defaults
$filter->set_defaults();
Internal: set up defaults.
parse_options
$filter->parse_options(@ARGV);
Internal: parse command-line arguments.
setup
$filter->setup();
Internal: setup, parse headers.
run
$filter->run();
Internal: run over each rows.
AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2022 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general public license, version 2. See the file COPYING with the distribution for details.