Copy Multiple Columns

By clicking on Copy Multiple Columns, you can copy a block of columns to new columns inserted just before the current column, or another column you designate, in the Design Matrix. The new columns will be identical to the ones copied from, which you can then edit. A common use of this feature is to built a specific model in the design matrix for one parameter, copy the columns, and then rotate these columns down to form the same model for a second parameter.

For example, if you copy columns 2 and 3 after column 8 from the following matrix,

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