Dear Bill,

I believe that lm(y ~ z + I((z == 1)*x)) will give you what you want.

I hope that this helps,
 John

At 08:40 AM 11/18/2003 -0500, you wrote:
I have continuous variables x, y, z. The plot of the data looks like this:

y
|                           z=1(o), 2(@), 3(#), 4(*)
|
|*   *  *
|
|
|#   #   #  #
|
|
|@    @    @  @
|
|                     o
|               o
|          o
|     o
|o
------------------------ x
The correct model appears to be: if z==1, y~x+z; else y~z
(y~z + z:x isn't it)

How can I express this model in lm()? If I can't express it properly in
lm(), what is the best way to fit the model?

____________________________ John Fox Department of Sociology McMaster University email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox

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