FindFit and NormFunction (to find a best fit by medians)
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- Subject: [mg91702] FindFit and NormFunction (to find a best fit by medians)
- From: Stern <nycstern at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 02:05:30 -0400 (EDT)
I'm trying to use FindFit to find a best linear fit using Medians rather
than Mean
At one time, I believe the following code worked (I used it in several
places, and never noted it failing, but it hasn't been used in a while and I
don't actually remember):
FindFit[sampledata,a+b*x,{a,b},x,NormFunction->(Sqrt[Median[#^2]]&)]
Now, Mathematica seems to pass unevaluated expressions to the NormFunction,
causing Median o fail with a "rectn: Rectangular array of real numbers is
expected at position 1" error.
I would appreciate any guidance.
Michael