--- On Mon, 15/2/10, Lazarte Alcala, Naneida wrote:
> Iam sorry, I'll try to be more clear.
Your question was clear, and my summary of Nick's answer is
that what is optimal depends on your definition of optimal,
and many such definitions have been invented, but none are
truely more useful then carefully looking at your data and
the consequences of your model. So plot your data, the
smooth, the residuals for different bandwidths, and see if
they make sense.
-- Maarten
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Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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