Elements in the graphic:

• blue points: data points under the smoother

• black points: data points not under the smoother

• black curve: the loess smoother

• dark red dot: the loess fit at the current position

• dark red line or curve: the loess curve with parameters fixed at those corresponding to the red dot

• purple bars: window shape and the corresponding loess weights, with scale indicated on the right axis

Controls:

• , the position at which the point on the loess curve is calculated. As you slide , notice how the window width changes. The number of points in the window, whose positions are indicated by the green bars, remains constant.

• , the fraction of data under the smoother. As increases, the window width increases and more smoothing is done.

indicates the degree of the local polynomial.