On Apr 19, 2013, at 4:51 AM, Nilesh Gupta wrote:

> I used this link 
> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/model-frame-and-formula-mismatch-in-model-matrix-td4664093.html

But you said 50 independent variables, and that was probably someone's (failed) 
effort  to submit 50 _dependent_ variables. What is the real problem?

-- 
David.


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> 
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> But I have promises to keep 
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> And miles before I go to sleep
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> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 2:19 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 19, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Nilesh Gupta wrote:
> 
> > lm() does not accomodate more than 50 independent variables
> 
> What is your source for this misinformation?
> 
> > dat <- as.data.frame(matrix(rnorm(51000), ncol=51) )
> > names(dat)
>  [1] "V1"  "V2"  "V3"  "V4"  "V5"  "V6"  "V7"  "V8"  "V9"  "V10" "V11" "V12" 
> "V13" "V14" "V15" "V16" "V17" "V18"
> [19] "V19" "V20" "V21" "V22" "V23" "V24" "V25" "V26" "V27" "V28" "V29" "V30" 
> "V31" "V32" "V33" "V34" "V35" "V36"
> [37] "V37" "V38" "V39" "V40" "V41" "V42" "V43" "V44" "V45" "V46" "V47" "V48" 
> "V49" "V50" "V51"
> > lm(V1 ~ ., dat=dat)
> 
> Call:
> lm(formula = V1 ~ ., data = dat)
> 
> Coefficients:
> (Intercept)           V2           V3           V4           V5           V6  
>          V7           V8
>  -0.0089517   -0.0427225   -0.0754946   -0.0002903   -0.0083482    0.0324383  
>  -0.0194980   -0.0151008
>          V9          V10          V11          V12          V13          V14  
>         V15          V16
>   0.0255324   -0.0167399    0.0476841   -0.0222229    0.0720990   -0.0174327  
>  -0.0104261    0.0024625
>         V17          V18          V19          V20          V21          V22  
>         V23          V24
>  -0.0086276   -0.0274867   -0.0345897    0.0209116    0.0368201   -0.0027364  
>   0.0090916    0.0198854
>         V25          V26          V27          V28          V29          V30  
>         V31          V32
>  -0.0083732   -0.0216937    0.0586361   -0.0530041    0.0402765    0.0073514  
>   0.0295976   -0.0641553
>         V33          V34          V35          V36          V37          V38  
>         V39          V40
>   0.0491071   -0.0261259    0.0364740    0.0070261   -0.0159851   -0.0373357  
>   0.0506756   -0.0383495
>         V41          V42          V43          V44          V45          V46  
>         V47          V48
>   0.0054945    0.0089468   -0.0050151   -0.0184369    0.0019926   -0.0177631  
>   0.0282828    0.0353523
>         V49          V50          V51
>  -0.0382634    0.0545654    0.0101398
> 
> > dat <- as.data.frame(matrix(rnorm(101000), ncol=101) )
> > lm(V1 ~ ., dat=dat)
> 
> Call:
> lm(formula = V1 ~ ., data = dat)
> 
> Coefficients:
> (Intercept)           V2           V3           V4           V5           V6  
>          V7           V8
>    0.021065    -0.015988    -0.008273     0.049849     0.014874     0.012352  
>   -0.054584     0.004542
>          V9          V10          V11          V12          V13          V14  
>         V15          V16
>   -0.017186     0.018006    -0.009707    -0.007382     0.044886    -0.051122  
>   -0.026910    -0.048929
>         V17          V18          V19          V20          V21          V22  
>         V23          V24
>   -0.008129     0.022129    -0.063525     0.026683     0.013424    -0.010145  
>   -0.046046     0.024025
>         V25          V26          V27          V28          V29          V30  
>         V31          V32
>   -0.003529    -0.038270     0.043657     0.049855     0.010691     0.041217  
>   -0.012596     0.018302
>         V33          V34          V35          V36          V37          V38  
>         V39          V40
>    0.040225    -0.012751    -0.062677    -0.002810    -0.002574    -0.024137  
>    0.021324    -0.041520
>         V41          V42          V43          V44          V45          V46  
>         V47          V48
>   -0.076482     0.009063     0.067097    -0.042554    -0.013789     0.002865  
>    0.017325    -0.076860
>         V49          V50          V51          V52          V53          V54  
>         V55          V56
>   -0.007003    -0.007315     0.030270     0.022066    -0.002224    -0.056534  
>    0.013705    -0.003609
>         V57          V58          V59          V60          V61          V62  
>         V63          V64
>   -0.044580    -0.037543     0.015745     0.035250    -0.017117     0.072470  
>    0.004398    -0.015923
>         V65          V66          V67          V68          V69          V70  
>         V71          V72
>    0.012864    -0.062752    -0.038437    -0.019586     0.019871    -0.068398  
>   -0.111778     0.021416
>         V73          V74          V75          V76          V77          V78  
>         V79          V80
>    0.036849    -0.009103     0.037790     0.021883    -0.034990    -0.014917  
>   -0.003854     0.001760
>         V81          V82          V83          V84          V85          V86  
>         V87          V88
>   -0.001812     0.003942     0.021810    -0.013984    -0.030446     0.049187  
>    0.008392     0.026965
>         V89          V90          V91          V92          V93          V94  
>         V95          V96
>    0.057301     0.004190     0.055505    -0.046006    -0.019080    -0.098889  
>   -0.010891    -0.002729
>         V97          V98          V99         V100         V101
>    0.024939    -0.029847     0.063578    -0.061667    -0.022163
> 
> > system.time( lm(V1 ~ ., dat=dat) ) # with the 101 column dataframe
>    user  system elapsed
>   0.060   0.008   0.076
> 
> Sorry to give you such a Frost-y reception, but you are being somewhat ... 
> what's the right word... sleepy?
> 
> --
> David.
> 
> 
> >
> > The woods are lovely, dark and deep
> > But I have promises to keep
> > And miles before I go to sleep
> > And miles before I go to sleep
> > -----
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:26 PM, peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Apr 18, 2013, at 21:24 , Nilesh Gupta wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello all
> >>>
> >>> Is there a method/package in R in which I can do regressions for more
> >> than
> >>> 50 independent variables ?
> >>
> >> What's wrong with lm() et al.?
> >>
> >> --
> 
> 
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
> 
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