[R] Interpreting the example given by Frank Harrell in the predict.lrm {Design} help

[peterfrancis at me.com]

The reason I am trying to assign them is because I have a data set where i have arrived at  the most likely model that describes the data and now I have another dataset where I know the factors but not the response.

Therefore, surely I need to assign the predicted values to a response in order to say something like: 

Based on the model I believe unknown 1 is good, where as unknown 2 is very good etc?

Maybe I am missing something or using the wrong approach but I thought the main purpose of using the predict function on new data was to "predict" the response?

Peter

On 1 Oct 2010, at 14:51, Frank Harrell <f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:

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> Why assign them at all?  Is this a "forced choice at gunpoint" problem? 
> Remember what probabilities mean.
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> Frank
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