[R] [FORGED] Re: Dunnett Test in 'multicomp' package

[James Henson]

Thanks. A useful tip for a long-time SAS user.
James F. Henson

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Gerrit Eichner <
Gerrit.Eichner at math.uni-giessen.de> wrote:

> Hello, everyone,
>
> aside from Rolf's hint (and Richard's warning!) you could also consider
> relevel():
>
> viagraData$dose <- relevel( viagraData$dose, ref = "placebo")
>
>  Hth  --  Gerrit
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
>  On 05/06/15 11:08, Jim Lemon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi James,
>>> You can change the order of levels like this:
>>>
>>> levels(viagraData$dose)<-c("placebo","low dose","high dose")
>>>
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>> As Richard Heiberger has pointed out, this is wrong.
>>
>> What *does* work is:
>>
>> viagraData$dose)<-factor(viagraData$dose,
>>                        levels=c("placebo","low dose","high dose")
>>
>> This is a trap into which many a Young Player (including my very good
>> self) has fallen.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rolf Turner
>>
>>
>>
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