x <- factor(0:1)
x <- factor("yes","no")
will produce identical results up to labeling.
Bert Gunter
"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and
sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 10:40 AM Paul Bernal <paulberna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Hope you are doing great. I want to fit a logistic regression in R, where
> the dependent variable is the covid status (I used 1 for covid positives,
> and 0 for covid negatives), but when I ran the glm, R complains that I
> should make the dependent variable a factor.
>
> What would be more advisable, to keep the dependent variable with 1s and
> 0s, or code it as yes/no and then make it a factor?
>
> Any guidance will be greatly appreciated,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Paul
>
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