Date:         Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:18:06 -0500
Reply-To:     "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Subject:      Re: non-linear modelling techniques

Aside from programming your own in MATRIX, and some graphical curve fitting
available in the charts, the nonlinear modeling available in SPSS is in the
NLR and CNLR procedures. You can fit a wide variety of functions, but you
have to specify the form yourself.

David Nichols
Principal Support Statistician and
Manager of Statistical Support
SPSS Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clint Chadwick [mailto:cchadwic@UIUC.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 4:08 PM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: [SPSSX-L] non-linear modelling techniques
>
>
> Does anyone know if SPSS includes tools for handling
> non-linearities resulting from ceiling and floor effects in
> dependent variables?  Also, can SPSS run spline functions or
> quantile regression?
>
> Clint Chadwick
>