[R] how to put constraint in R?

[Spencer Graves]

	  What are you trying to do?

	  Suppose, for example, that you have a categorical variable 
representing 3 different age groups, and you want to estimate a linear 
model.  As long as R recognizes the variable as categorical (of class 
"factor" or "ordered factor", R handles this automatically using 
"contrasts".  If this is your question, I suggest you read about 
"factors", "Formulae for Statistical Models" and "Contrasts" in "An 
Introduction to R", which is the upper-left choice after 'help.start()' 
in recent versions of R (or downloadable from www.r-project.org -> 
Documentation -> Manuals).

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	  hope this helps.
	  spencer graves

Oana Mocila wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I have a problem when I was working on Age-Period-Cohort study in R. I tried 
> to put constraint to
> two coefficients on age (so that to solve the identification problem due to 
> linear dependency). But
> I don't know how to do this in R(put constraint). If you could give me some 
> suggestion, it will be very helpful!
> 
> Oana
> 
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