ABSTRACT
Example 8.1 Figure 8.1 displays n = 60 reconstructed right elbow angle curves of the ergonomics data introduced in Section 1.2.8 of Chapter 1 and analyzed in Chapter 6 using the FLM (6.1) with p+1 = 10 covariates formed by the coordinates of the targets that the mobile driver wanted to reach. Curve 37 is highlighted as a wide dashed curve as it is quite different from other curves in shape. It is suspected to be an unusual curve that does not follow the FLM (6.1) well. Figure 8.2 displays the first four fitted coefficient functions and their 95% confidence bands, computed using all the data (solid) or with Curve 37 excluded (dashed). The effects of deleting Curve 37 are easily spotted, especially when t takes values around 0.5. That is why in the statistical analysis conducted in Chapter 6, Curve 37 was removed to guarantee that the associated inferences are reliable.
