On 4/04/2008, at 10:45 AM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) wrote:
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>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tanya Yatsunenko
>> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:55 PM
>> To: r-help@r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] coding for categorical variables with unequal
>> observations
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am doing multiple regression, and have several X variables that are
>> categorical.
>> I read that I can use dummy or contrast codes for that, but are there
>> any special rules when there're unequal #observations in each
>> groups (4
>> females vs 7 males in a "gender" variable)?
>> Also, can R generate these codes for me?
>> THanks.
>>
>
> You don't need to do anything special, and yes you can just let SAS
> do it for you.
<snip>
Huh??? SAS???
(Don't let SAS do *anything* for you!) :-)
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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