That should work: you are using it before the call to gam? Try this (verbatim)
library(mgcv) Final <- read.csv("Final.csv") ls.str() search() sessionInfo() gam(Atlantic ~ s(depth, bs="sos", k=4) + s(distance, bs="sos", k=4), data = Final) and give the output. Michael On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Dontrece Smith <smithdon2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I used: > >> Final <- read.csv("Final.csv", header=TRUE) > > > On 1/16/12, Jorge I Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Dontrece, >> >> It looks like you do not have an object "Final" in your active session. >> Could you please show us how you read your data, e.g., what commands you >> used and what's the result of ls()? >> >> As Sarah Goslee mentioned in an earlier post, you probably used >> read.table() or read.csv() but you haven't told us (yet). >> >> Regards, >> Jorge.- >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Dontrece Smith <> wrote: >> >>> Now, it read this: >>> >>>> library(mgcv) >>> This is mgcv 1.7-6. For overview type 'help("mgcv-package")'. >>>> gam(Atlantic ~ s(depth, bs="sos", k=4) + s(distance, bs="sos", k=4), >>> data = Final) >>> Error in inherits(x, "data.frame") : object 'Final' not found >>> >>> >>> On 1/16/12, Jorge I Velez <jorgeivanve...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> If "x" is your data, then >>>> >>>> gam(Atlantic ~ s(depth, bs="sos", k=4) + s(distance, bs="sos", k=4), >>> data = >>>> x) >>>> >>>> will do. See examples in ?gam. >>>> >>>> BTW, how did you read your data in R? What's the output of ls()? >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> Jorge >>>> * >>>> >>>> * >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:29 PM, ruggeddon24 <> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is my first time running GAMs in R. >>>>> My csv file has these column headings: >>>>> >>>>> "X" "Y" "Sound" "Atlantic" "Blacktip" "Bonnet" >>>>> "Bull" "Finetooth" "Lemon" "Scalloped" "Sandbar" "Spinner" >>>>> "Abundance" "Diversity" "Depth" "Distance" "Width" "System" >>>>> "Channel" "Profile" "Bathy" "Slope" "Salinity" >>>>> X is longitude and Y is Latitude. >>>>> >>>>> I typed in the code below and received the reply "Error in eval(expr, >>>>> envir, >>>>> enclos) : object 'Atlantic' not found". >>>>> >>>>>> library(mgcv) >>>>> This is mgcv 1.7-6. For overview type 'help("mgcv-package")'. >>>>>> help("mgcv-package") >>>>> starting httpd help server ... done >>>>>> gam(Atlantic ~ s(depth, bs="sos", k=4) + s(distance, bs="sos", k=4)) >>>>> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'Atlantic' not found >>>>> >>>>> I do not have a clue how to fix this problem. Do I have too many >>> variables >>>>> or do I need to remove my x and y from the file? This data is being >>>>> used >>>>> to >>>>> assess the spatial distribution of shark abundance in relation to >>>>> environmental variables. I really cannot remove the x and y anyway. >>>>> Help >>>>> would be greatly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> >>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Object-not-found-using-GAMs-in-MGCV-Package-tp4301836p4301836.html >>>>> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dontrece Smith >>> Graduate Student >>> Savannah State University >>> 4906 Taylor Road >>> Savannah, GA 31404 >>> (770) 401-3371 >>> >> > > > -- > Dontrece Smith > Graduate Student > Savannah State University > 4906 Taylor Road > Savannah, GA 31404 > (770) 401-3371 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.