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2006 May 08
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(g)lm ordinal or scaled values?
...(A variable can be treated as scale when its values represent ordered
categories with a meaningful metric, so that distance comparisons
between values are appropriate. Examples of scale variables include age
in years and income in thousands of dollars.)
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predictors should be selected as factors
<javascript:popup(N2B481_term,N2B481_def);> in the model. Each level
<javascript:popup(N2B937_term,N2B937_def);> of a factor can have a
different linear effect on the value of the dependent variable.(A
variable with a discre...