R regresión lineal variable categórica valor "oculto"

Este es solo un ejemplo que he encontrado varias veces, por lo que no tengo ningún dato de muestra. Ejecutar un modelo de regresión lineal en R: a.lm = lm(Y ~ x1 + x2) x1Es una variable continua. x2es categórico y tiene tres valores, por ejemplo, "Bajo", "Medio" y "Alto". Sin embargo, la salida...

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