r2mlwin output shows wrong number of higher levels, when subseiting the dataframe

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adeldaoud
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r2mlwin output shows wrong number of higher levels, when subseiting the dataframe

Post by adeldaoud »

Hi

This is not a serious issue but can be confusing. R2mlwin output shows the wrong number of higher level units, when subsetting the dataframe and the higher level identifier is a factor. This is due to the fact that R keeps factor names even if they are unused. This means that one should use the droplevels() function after subsetting and before using the variable in an estimation.

https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/l ... evels.html

I assume that this could be a relatively easy implementation into the R2mlwin function itself: namely to drop any unused factor levels.

cheers
Adel
ChrisCharlton
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Re: r2mlwin output shows wrong number of higher levels, when subseiting the dataframe

Post by ChrisCharlton »

Thanks for pointing this out. This should now be fixed in the development version (if for some reason you want the old behaviour set the estimation option drop.levels to FALSE).
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