ordinal_reg: Ordinal regression

In parsnip: A Common API to Modeling and Analysis Functions

Ordinal regression

Description

ordinal_reg() defines a generalized linear model that predicts an ordinal outcome. This function can fit classification models.

⁠Rd parsnip:::make_engine_list("ordinal_reg")⁠

More information on how parsnip is used for modeling is at https://www.tidymodels.org/.

Usage

ordinal_reg(
  mode = "classification",
  ordinal_link = NULL,
  odds_link = NULL,
  penalty = NULL,
  mixture = NULL,
  engine = "polr"
)

Arguments

mode	A single character string for the prediction outcome mode. The only possible value for this model is "classification".
ordinal_link	The ordinal link function.
odds_link	The odds or probability link function.
penalty	A non-negative number representing the total amount of regularization (specific engines only).
mixture	A number between zero and one (inclusive) denoting the proportion of L1 regularization (i.e. lasso) in the model. mixture = 1 specifies a pure lasso model, mixture = 0 specifies a ridge regression model, and ⁠0 < mixture < 1⁠ specifies an elastic net model, interpolating lasso and ridge. Available for specific engines only.
engine	A single character string specifying what computational engine to use for fitting. Possible engines are listed below. The default for this model is "polr".

Details

This function only defines what type of model is being fit. Once an engine is specified, the method to fit the model is also defined. See set_engine() for more on setting the engine, including how to set engine arguments.

The model is not trained or fit until the fit() function is used with the data.

Each of the arguments in this function other than mode and engine are captured as quosures. To pass values programmatically, use the injection operator like so:

value <- 1
ordinal_reg(argument = !!value)

Ordinal regression models include cumulative, sequential, and adjacent structures.

References

https://www.tidymodels.org, Tidy Modeling with R, searchable table of parsnip models

See Also

⁠Rd parsnip:::make_seealso_list("ordinal_reg")⁠

Examples

show_engines("ordinal_reg")

ordinal_reg(mode = "classification")

parsnip documentation built on May 14, 2026, 5:08 p.m.