relevel package:stats R Documentation _R_e_o_r_d_e_r _L_e_v_e_l_s _o_f _F_a_c_t_o_r _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n: The levels of a factor are re-ordered so that the level specified by 'ref' is first and the others are moved down. This is useful for 'contr.treatment' contrasts which take the first level as the reference. _U_s_a_g_e: relevel(x, ref, ...) _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s: x: An unordered factor. ref: The reference level. ...: Additional arguments for future methods. _V_a_l_u_e: A factor of the same length as 'x'. _S_e_e _A_l_s_o: 'factor', 'contr.treatment', 'levels', 'reorder'. _E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s: warpbreaks$tension <- relevel(warpbreaks$tension, ref="M") summary(lm(breaks ~ wool + tension, data=warpbreaks))