[R] Glmnet Variable Questions

[Paul Bleicher]

Hi all, 

I have two questions about variables in glmnet:
 
1. We are doing a logistic regression with binary outcome variable using a
set of predictors that include continuous and binary predictors(coded 0 and
1).  If the latter are centered and standardized, they will be transformed
into negative and positive numbers; when multiplied by a single beta, I
believe they will have undesirable effects.  Is there a way to standardize
only specified variables?  Alternatively, should glmnet be run with manually
centered and standardized continuous variables, binary variables coded 0 and
1, and with standardize = FALSE.
 
2. We have predictors with missing values.  We have been handling these by
creating a dummy variable for the predictor with a value of 0 if a value is
present and 1 if a value is absent.  If the model is forced to include both
the predictor and the dummy variable, the model-assigned coefficient will
effectively "interpolate" for the missing value.  How can I force the dummy
variable to be included in glmnet whenever the predictor variable is
included?

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