using predict with a list of lm() objects

Question

I have data which I regularly run regressions on. Each \"chunk\" of data gets fit a different regression. Each state, for example, might have a different function that expla

Answer 1

Here's my attempt:

predNaughty <- ddply(newData, "state", transform,
  value=predict(modelList[[paste(piece$state[1])]], newdata=piece))
head(predNaughty)
#   year state    value
# 1   50    50 5176.326
# 2   51    50 5274.907
# 3   52    50 5373.487
# 4   53    50 5472.068
# 5   54    50 5570.649
# 6   55    50 5669.229
predDiggsApproved <- ddply(newData, "state", function(x)
  transform(x, value=predict(modelList[[paste(x$state[1])]], newdata=x)))
head(predDiggsApproved)
#   year state    value
# 1   50    50 5176.326
# 2   51    50 5274.907
# 3   52    50 5373.487
# 4   53    50 5472.068
# 5   54    50 5570.649
# 6   55    50 5669.229

JD Long edit

I was inspired enough to work out an adply() option:

pred3 <- adply(newData, 1,  function(x)
    predict(modelList[[paste(x$state)]], newdata=x))
head(pred3)
#   year state        1
# 1   50    50 5176.326
# 2   51    50 5274.907
# 3   52    50 5373.487
# 4   53    50 5472.068
# 5   54    50 5570.649
# 6   55    50 5669.229