dbcolsregression - Man Page

compute linear regression between two columns

Synopsis

    dbcolsregression  [-a] column1 column2

Description

Compute linear regression over column1 and column2. Outputs slope, intercept, and correlation coefficient.

Options

-a or --include-non-numeric

Compute stats over all records (treat non-numeric records as zero rather than just ignoring them).

-f FORMAT or --format FORMAT

Specify a printf(3)-style format for output statistics. Defaults to %.5g.

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

-d

Enable debugging output.

-i or --input InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or - for standard input, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

-o or --output OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or - for standard output, or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

--autorun or --noautorun

By default, programs process automatically, but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke the run() method. The --(no)autorun option controls that behavior within Perl.

--help

Show help.

--man

Show full manual.

Sample Usage

Input

    #fsdb x     y
    160 126
    180 103
    200 82
    220 75
    240 82
    260 40
    280 20

Command

    cat DATA/xy.fsdb | dbcolsregression x y | dblistize

Output

    #fsdb -R C slope:d intercept:d confcoeff:d n:q
    slope:     -0.79286
    intercept: 249.86
    confcoeff: -0.95426
    n:         7

    #  | dbcolsregression x y
    #                confidence intervals assume normal distribution and small n.
    #  | dblistize

Sample data from  <http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/calctopic1/regression.html> by Stefan Waner and Steven R. Costenoble.

See Also

dbcolstats, dbcolscorrelate, Fsdb.

Info

2025-07-25 perl v5.42.0 User Contributed Perl Documentation