Design Matrix Commands

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Design Matrix Commands

The following commands on the Design Matrix menu are available:

Command                 Purpose                                         
Add One Column    Add a column to the end of the matrix 
Add Multiple Columns   Add 2 or more columns to the end of the matrix 
Copy One Column    Copy a column in the matrix 
Copy Multiple Columns   Copy 2 or more columns in the matrix 
Copy Value    Copy value down the current column in the matrix 
Delete Add One Column   Delete the current column from the matrix 
Delete Multiple Columns   Delete 2 or more columns from the matrix 
Insert One Column    Insert a column in the matrix 
Insert Multiple Columns   Insert 2or more columns in the matrix 
Zero One Column    Fill a column with 0’s
Zero Multiple Columns   Fill 2 or more columns with 0’s
Zero Partial Column  Fill a portion of a column with 0’s
Intercept     Fill a column with 1’s 
Partial Intercept    Partially fill acolumn with 1’s 
Identity     Fill matrix with identitymatrix 
Partial Identity    Partially fill section of matrix with identity 
Continuous    Fill a column with sequentialvalues 
Partial Continuous    Partially fill acolumn with sequential values 
Product of Columns   Add columns to matrix consisting of products of existing columns 
Continuous Occasion Effect  Fill acolumn with sequential values 
Partial Continuous Occ. Effect  Partially fill a column with sequential values 
Discrete Occasion Effect   Fill columns with discrete occasion effects 
Partial Discrete Occasion Effect Partially fill columns with discrete occasion effect 
Continuous Group Effect   Fill a columnwith sequential values 
Partial Continuous Group Effect  Partially fill a column with sequential values 
Discrete Group Effect   Fill columns with discrete group effects 
Partial Discrete Group Effect  Partially fill columns with discrete group effect
Labels    Provide label for each column of the design matrix
Retrieve Column   Retrieve a column from another design matrix
Reorder Columns   Reorder the columns in the design matrix
Rotate Column    Rotate values in column down
Paste Clipboard   Paste the contents of the clipboard into the design matrix 
Save Design Matrix   Save the contents of the design matrix as a dBase (DBF) file

There are also functions that can be specified in the design matrix cells to add, multiply, and create dummy (or indicator) variables.  In addition, you can take logs, exponentiate, or create powers of variables with these design matrix functions.