On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murd...@stats.uwo.ca> wrote: > On 08/11/2009 11:03 AM, Peng Yu wrote: >> >> I'm wondering which textbook discussed the various contrast matrices >> mentioned in the help page of 'contr.helmert'. Could somebody let me >> know? > > Doesn't the reference on that page discuss them?
It does explain what the functions are. But I need a more basic and complete reference. For example, I want to understand what 'Helmert parametrization' (on page 33 of 'Statistical Models in S') is. >> BTW, in R version 2.9.1, there is a typo on the help page of >> 'contr.helmert' ('cont.helmert' should be 'contr.helmert'). > > Thanks, I've fixed the typo. > > Duncan Murdoch > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.