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3.3.2 Models There are some differences in the modeling code, such as • Whereas in S, you would use lm(y ~ x^3) to regress y on x^3, in R, you have to insulate powers of numeric vectors (using I()), i.e. , you have to use lm(y ~ I(x^3)). €¢ The glm family objects are implemented differently in R and S.

The same functionality is available but the components have different names. €¢ Option na. Action is set to "na.

Omit" by default in R, but not set in S. €¢ Terms objects are stored differently. In S a terms object is an expression with attributes, in R it is a formula with attributes.

The attributes have the same names but are mostly stored differently. The major difference in functionality is that a terms object is subscriptable in S but not in R. If you can't imagine why this would matter then you don't need to know.

€¢ Finally, in R y~x+0 is an alternative to y~x-1 for specifying a model with no intercept. Models with no parameters at all can be specified by y~0. More.

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