[R] Predicted values from glm() when linear predictor is NA.

[Rolf Turner]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:25:23 -0700
David Winsemius <dwinsemius using comcast.net> wrote:

<SNIP>

> The NA is most likely caused by aliasing, so some other combination
> of factors a perfect surrogate for every case with that level of the 
> interaction. 

<SNIP>

No, I think it's much simpler than that.  Essentially it boils down to
the fact that if y is 1:10 and x is rep(1,10) then

    lm(y ~ x)

gives a slope estimate of NA.  As it clearly should.

cheers,

Rolf

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