[R] "/" operator in model formula

Peter Dalgaard p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Wed Nov 12 17:44:05 CET 2003


Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

> The difference is between testing and crossing. In a / b the levels 
> of b are unrelated for different levels of a, whereas in a*b they are the 
> same levels.

"...nesting and crossing", of course.

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