backtransform `scale()` for plotting

Question

I have a explanatory variable that is centered using scale() that is used to predict a response variable:

d <- data.frame(
  x=runif(100),
           


        

Answer 1

I felt like this should be a proper function, here was my attempt at it:

#' Reverse a scale
#'
#' Computes x = sz+c, which is the inverse of z = (x - c)/s 
#' provided by the \code{scale} function.
#' 
#' @param z a numeric matrix(like) object
#' @param center either NULL or a numeric vector of length equal to the number of columns of z  
#' @param scale  either NULL or a a numeric vector of length equal to the number of columns of z
#'
#' @seealso \code{\link{scale}}
#'  mtcs <- scale(mtcars)
#'  
#'  all.equal(
#'    unscale(mtcs), 
#'    as.matrix(mtcars), 
#'    check.attributes=FALSE
#'  )
#'  
#' @export
unscale <- function(z, center = attr(z, "scaled:center"), scale = attr(z, "scaled:scale")) {
  if(!is.null(scale))  z <- sweep(z, 2, scale, `*`)
  if(!is.null(center)) z <- sweep(z, 2, center, `+`)
  structure(z,
    "scaled:center"   = NULL,
    "scaled:scale"    = NULL,
    "unscaled:center" = center,
    "unscaled:scale"  = scale
  )
}