Hi there,
When I do bootstrap on a maximum likelihood estimation, I try the
following code, however, I get error:
Error in minuslogl(alpha = 0, beta = 0) : object "x" not found
It seems that mle() only get data from workspace, other than the
boot.fun().
My question is how to pass the data to mle() in my case.
I really appreciated to any suggestions.
Best wishes,
Jinsong
#-----------code start here---------------
x <- c(32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
r <- c(20, 12, 10, 8, 6, 0)
n <- c(20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20)
mydata <- data.frame(x = x, r = r, n = n)
rm(x, r, n) #if not rmed, it will affect the final result.
ll <- function(alpha, beta) { #how to pass the data to this function?
x <- log10(x)
P <- pnorm(alpha + beta * x)
P <- pmax(pmin(P,1),0)
-(sum(r * log(P)) + sum((n - r)* log(1-P)))
}
boot.fun <- function(data, index) {
boot.data <- data[index, ]
# it seems that the following three line dose nothing with the mle()
x <- boot.data$x
r <- boot.data$r
n <- boot.data$n
fit <- mle(ll, start = list(alpha = 0, beta = 0), method = "BFGS")
boot.coef <- coef(fit)
stats <- -boot.coef[1] / boot.coef[2]
}
library(stats4)
library(boot)
myboot <- boot(mydata, boot.fun, R = 199)
# give the error message:
# Error in minuslogl(alpha = 0, beta = 0) : object "x" not found
#-----------code end here---------------
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