I may be wrong, but I believe what makes it difficult is that the Help file assumes some linear model statistics that you may not have. I suggest that you look for a tutorial on linear models first and then re-read the Help. Incidentally, the provenance of the syntax is GLIM (correction requested if I'm wrong), and the Nelder-McCullough book on GLM's has a chapter on linear models and syntax that is relevant, iirc.
-- Bert On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Alaios <ala...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear all, > I was reading last night the lm and the Formula manual page, and 'I have to > admit that I had tough time to understand their syntax. Is there a simpler > guide for the dummies like me to start with? > > I would like to thank you in advance for your help > > Regards > Alex > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
