[R] Different result of multiple regression in R and SPSS

[Bert Gunter]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM, J. <seoulseoulseoul at gmail.com> wrote:
> @Dimitri: I tried to enter it as numeric and still got the same outcome. I
> still wonder if there is any way to get the same result from both programs.

There is. ?C ?contrasts

But of course you must do your homework to understand how to use
these. (See the quote in my signature).

-- Bert




> @David, Bert: Yes, I found that the gender coefficient is R is exactly twice
> that of the one from SPSS. Need to study on parametrization.
> Thanks,
>
> Jay
>
 PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>


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