print.loadReg: Print Results
In USGS-R/rloadest: River Load Estimation

Description Usage Arguments Value Note References See Also

Print the results of an load rating-curve regression.

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## S3 method for class 'loadReg'
print(x, digits = 4, brief = TRUE, load.only = brief,
  ...)

`x`	an object of class "loadReg"—output from `loadReg`.
`digits`	the number of significant digits to print.
`brief`	print the brief output? See Note.
`load.only`	print only the load model and not concentration model results.
`...`	further arguments passed to or from other methods.

The object x is returned invisibly.

The printed output replicates the output described in Runkel (2004) and includes a short section summarizing the data, the load model and coefficients, regression statistics, and comparison of observed and estimated loads. If load.only is set to FALSE, then similar output is generated for the concetration model. If brief is FALSE, then additional descriptions of selected sections of the output are produced.

If the estimation method is "MLE," then the estimated loads used in the comparison to observed loads are approximate becuase they are estimated using MLE, rather than AMLE, wihch is used for predLoad and predConc. The bias is very small when the residual varaince is less than 0.5, but can be large when the residual variance is greater than 1.

Runkel, R.L., Crawford, C.G., and Cohn, T.A., 2004, Load estimator (LOADEST): A FORTRAN program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods book 4, chap. A5, 69 p.

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