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During the last few decades, it has been revealed that since earthquakes are one of the most common natural disasters, which affect both human life and property, hence design codes shall study all of its parameters that affect it from all sides. To avoid negative effects of earthquake, the nonlinear response of structures under dynamic loading should be accurately modeled in order to ensure safe and sound design. To yield proper results, accurate representative structural models should be developed for the elements resisting lateral loading and representative ground motions pertaining to the site should be employed. Then relating such response to that of elastic behavior should be conducted to correlate response modification factors in design codes with actual response. The main goal of the research is to investigate the effect of number of stories on the seismic response modification factor for reinforced concrete multi-story structures, based on ABAQUS software analysis using two methods of analysis, pushover analysis and time history analysis. For this purpose, experimental results of individually tested RC structures are used in order to verify modeling technique to be adopted.