Re: [R] poly() with unnormalized values

2009-12-17 Thread Gray Calhoun
Hi Michael, If I remember right, this question has been asked several times on this mailing list in the past. The reference listed in the help page for poly explain how to get the un-orthogonalized coefficients, but those coefficients aren't needed for prediction. For more details, though, sear

[R] poly() with unnormalized values

2009-12-17 Thread Michael Friendly
How can I get the result of, e.g., poly(1:3. degree=2) to give me the unnormalized integer coefficients usually used to explain orthogonal polynomial contrasts, e.g, -1 1 0 -2 1 1 As I understand things, the columns of x^{1:degree} are first centered and then are normalized by 1/sqrt(col