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[S] RE: Defining contrasts in factors

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pierre Delfosse)
Mon Sep 13 11:48:43 1999

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From: Pierre Delfosse <pierre.delfosse@centexbel.be>
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:11:12 +0200
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I have sent my question about an hour ago and meanwhile found a detailed
answer by Bill Venables (29 March 1997).

I apologize for not having read the archives thoroughly first. However,
I am still wondering why there is no equivalent of the comments by B.V.
in the S+ documentation !



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Pierre Delfosse 
> Sent:	lundi 13 septembre 1999 14:08
> To:	's-news@wubios.wustl.edu'
> Subject:	Defining contrasts in factors
> 
> Dear S+ users,
> 
> I would like to understand how the dummy coefficients associated to a
> factor are computed in "lm" in function of the values of the matrix of
> contrasts.
> 
	[Pierre Delfosse]  ... 
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