## NAME

r.regression.line - Calculates linear regression from two raster maps: y = a + b*x.

## KEYWORDS

raster, statistics

## SYNOPSIS

r.regression.line
r.regression.line --help
r.regression.line [-g] mapx=name mapy=name [output=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

### Flags:

-g
  Print in shell script style
--overwrite
  Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
  Print usage summary
--verbose
  Verbose module output
--quiet
  Quiet module output
--ui
  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

mapx=name [required]
  Map for x coefficient
mapy=name [required]
  Map for y coefficient
output=name
  ASCII file for storing regression coefficients (output to screen if file not specified).

## DESCRIPTION

r.regression.line Calculates linear regression from two raster maps, according to the formula y = a + b*x, where x and y represent raster maps. Optionally saves regression coefficients to an ASCII file. The result includes the following coefficients: offset/intercept (a) and gain/slope (b), correlation coefficient (R), number of elements (N), means (medX, medY), standard deviations (sdX, sdY), and the F test for testing the significance of the regression model as a whole (F).

## NOTES

The results for offset/intercept (a) and gain/slope (b) are identical to that obtained from R-stats's lm() function.

## EXAMPLE

Comparison of the old and the new DEM in Spearfish:

    g.region raster=elevation.10m -p
    r.regression.line map1=elevation.dem map2=elevation.10m

Using the script style flag AND eval to make results available in the shell:

    g.region raster=elevation.10m -p
    eval `r.regression.line -g map1=elevation.dem map2=elevation.10m`
    echo $a
    479.615

    echo $b
    0.645631

    echo $R
    0.804441

## AUTHOR

Dr. Agustin Lobo - alobo at ija.csic.es
Updated to GRASS 5.7 Michael Barton, Arizona State University
Script style output Markus Neteler
Conversion to C module Markus Metz

Last changed: $Date: 2014-12-19 22:55:37 +0100 (pá, 19 12 2014) $

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