The function builds a table of dummy variables from a qualitative variable. A binary (i.e. 0/1) variable is created for each level of the qualitative variable.
Usage
dummy(y)
Value
Y
A matrix of dummy variables (i.e. binary variables), each representing a given level of the qualitative variable.
lev
levels of the qualitative variable.
ni
number of observations per level of the qualitative variable.