[R] Preparing dataset for glmnet: factors to dummies

[Frank Harrell]

I believe that glmnet scales variables by their standard deviations.  This
would not be appropriate for categorical predictors.

Frank


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Frank Harrell
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University
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