estimate and SE in a linear regression becomes 0

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T27667 2013-8-8

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...and tStat and pValue becomes NaN. What is the typical reason for that? It is a dummy (either 0 or 1) by the way.

I get the error message below after fitting the linear model (first line):

mdl = LinearModel.fit(ds,'linear','RobustOpts','on');
Warning: Regression design matrix is rank
deficient to within machine precision. 
> In TermsRegression>TermsRegression.checkDesignRank at 98
  In LinearModel.LinearModel>LinearModel.fit at 969

What is the typical reason for that?

It is a dummy (either 0 or 1) by the way.

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Shashank Prasanna 2013-8-8

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It means exactly what the error message is saying. Your data is rank deficient.

As a caution, when you use datasets as the input to your LinearModel.fit function it assumes that the very last column is the response variable 'y'. If this assumption is untrue in your case you will have to change it by specifying it explicitly using 'ResponseVar'.

Here is an example that yields the same error message you are getting and you can see from the data how it is bad:

mdl = LinearModel.fit(repmat(randn(1,4),10,1),ones(10,1),'linear','RobustOpts','on');

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T27667 2013-8-14

编辑：T27667 2013-8-14

Or would it be more correct to eliminate the explanatory variable with the highest p value and thereby leaving the variable with estimate and SE = 0 in the model? I assume the varible that gets estimate and SE = 0 is just randomly chosen by MATLAB.

T27667 2013-8-14