Re: [R] simple question about contrasts, lm and factors

2010-04-12 Thread Dieter Menne
David.Epstein wrote: I have a data frame with two variables that are factors. One is actually a TRUE/FALSE factor, and I have coded it as 1/0, a continuous variable, but I could turn it back into a factor. The second is an ordered factor and consists of five timepoints. There are several

Re: [R] simple question about contrasts, lm and factors

2010-04-12 Thread friendpine
If one of your variable is discrete,such as 1/0, the logistic regression is better.Try the glm() function. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/simple-question-about-contrasts-lm-and-factors-tp1835964p1837091.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[R] simple question about contrasts, lm and factors

2010-04-11 Thread David.Epstein
I have a data frame with two variables that are factors. One is actually a TRUE/FALSE factor, and I have coded it as 1/0, a continuous variable, but I could turn it back into a factor. The second is an ordered factor and consists of five timepoints. There are several continuous variables as well.