Re: [R] Baseline terms for lrm

2011-01-18 Thread David Winsemius
On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Rob James wrote: Dear R-help and Prof. Harrell: My question concerns the baseline state for continuous variable in lrm() within the RMS package. I have a model which can be reduced to: lrm(FT ~ rcs(V1, c(0, 1,5)) The model makes perfect sense if the baseline

Re: [R] Baseline terms for lrm

2011-01-18 Thread Rob James
I should rephrase my question. When using the notation rcs(V1, N) within the lrm function in the rms package, the associated model reports out N-1 values for the associated variable. Fine. The rcs-constructed temporary variables are denoted V1, V1', V1'' when one looks at the model output,

[R] Baseline terms for lrm

2011-01-18 Thread Rob James
Dear R-help and Prof. Harrell: My question concerns the baseline state for continuous variable in lrm() within the RMS package. I have a model which can be reduced to: lrm(FT ~ rcs(V1, c(0, 1,5)) The model makes perfect sense if the baseline state is where V1>=5 but the model makes no sense