I see no error in the original here.
-encode- unleashed on a string
variable with values "low" "medium"
"high" maps "high" to 1, "low" to
2 and "medium" to 3, unless you
specify a different set of labels via
the -label()- option.
Quite simply, I can't think of any reason to
use that mapping. A sensible mapping
must take account of the meanings
of the words, not their alphabetical
order.
Nick
[email protected]
Winfield Scott Burhans
> Janet,
> I think you are correct. The "indication of an interaction"
> is quite weak
> if it exists at all. I suspect an error might have been made
> originally
> when the data was set up...I used -encode- on the "attend"
> variable, and
> it coded differently than the low/medium/high = 1/2/3 suggested by the
> help text, and as a result I did observe an interaction using the
> incorrectly coded data...perhaps; there is also weak suggestion of an
> interaction if the plot is on the raw scale rather than on the logit
> scale.
>
> Anyway, maybe you are missing something obvious, but if you
> are, so am I
>
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