There is a difference in the p- value from 0.000 and 0.012 when I am using SPSS. 0.000 when I am using the independent variable as scaled 0.012 if I am using the variable as ordinal.
The independent variable is ordinal but it seems that R is using the variable as an scaled, because the P- Value is computed with 4.66e-06 so I am not sure which description I am misunderstanding: SPSS;: Covariates. Scale predictors <javascript:popup(N2C5F1_term,N2C5F1_def);> should be selected as covariates <javascript:popup(N2B079_term,N2B079_def);> in the model. Within combinations of factor levels (or cells <javascript:popup(N2AE3F_term,N2AE3F_def);>), values of covariates are assumed to be linearly correlated with values of the dependent variables. (A variable can be treated as scale when its values represent ordered categories with a meaningful metric, so that distance comparisons between values are appropriate. Examples of scale variables include age in years and income in thousands of dollars.) Factors. Categorical <javascript:popup(N2AD73_term,N2AD73_def);> predictors should be selected as factors <javascript:popup(N2B481_term,N2B481_def);> in the model. Each level <javascript:popup(N2B937_term,N2B937_def);> of a factor can have a different linear effect on the value of the dependent variable.(A variable with a discrete number of values; an ordinal or nominal variable. Categorical variables are often used as grouping variables or factors.) The data : http://biostatistic.de/temp/testr.csv lm.data<-lm( dependent ~ var2,family = gaussian) I don't know whether anybody could explain me the difference between SPSS and R results but if there are different results then one of them is wrong :-( And I do not know which of them. I hope I explained the problem understandable Regards Knut ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html