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A common rule of thumb in social science is to have at least $30$ observations for regression (without any complicated effects). Does someone know such rule of thumb for GAMs? Are $50$ observations enough for a simple additive model with two parametric terms and two smoothers?

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See discussion at stats.stackexchange.com/questions/56194/… – Dale M Apr 16 at 23:24

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