[R] Question about glmnet

David Katz david at davidkatzconsulting.com
Thu May 12 16:14:52 CEST 2011


I believe you can in this sense: use model.matrix to create X for
glmnet(X,y,...).

However, when dropping variables this will drop the indicators individually,
not per factor, which may not be what you are looking for.

Good luck,
David Katz


Axel Urbiz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to include factor variables as model inputs using this
> package? I'm quite sure it is not possible, but would like to double
> check.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Axel.
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