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Yao Zhu
Department of Urology
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, China


2010/6/4 Frank E Harrell Jr <f.harrell@vanderbilt.edu>

> On 06/03/2010 11:32 AM, Joris Meys wrote:
>
>> You're right, it is the same. using I() won't work for the same reason
>> sqrt
>> don't, so :
>>
>>  x2<- x^2
>>> lrm(y~x+x2)
>>>
>>
>> Thx for the correction.
>> Cheers
>> Joris
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Bert Gunter<gunter.berton@gene.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Below. -- Bert
>>>
>>> Bert Gunter
>>> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> But you wrote linear+ square. Don't you mean:
>>> lrm(Y~x+x^2)
>>>
>>> --- I believe this is the same as lrm(Y ~ x).
>>> You must protect the x^2 via
>>>
>>> lrm(Y ~ x + I(x^2))
>>>
>>
> But don't use that construct.  Use lrm(Y ~ pol(x, 2))
>
> Frank
>
>
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>>>
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>>>
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>                     Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University
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