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Message-ID: <47F0EE29.3050708@vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 2008-03-31T13:59:05Z
From: Frank E Harrell Jr
Subject: Number of variables in lrm (Design)
In-Reply-To: <000601c892ff$09069040$1b13b0c0$@co.uk>

Paul Sweeting wrote:
> Hi
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> I'm sure this is straightforward, but I can't find an answer.
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> I'm trying to find the function that returns the number of dependent
> variables/rank of the regression/degrees of freedom/something similar.  Any
> ideas?
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> Thanks!
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> Paul

Design does not allow for singularities.  To get the regression d.f. you 
can use length(coef(fit))-num.intercepts(fit) or just fit$stats['d.f.']

Frank

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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University