On 02-06-2013, at 08:08, Matt Stati <mattst...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> From my larger data set I created a subset of it by using: > > subset_1 <- subset(timeuse, IndepTrans = 1, Physical = 1) > > where my larger data set is "timeuse" and the smaller subset is "subset_1". > The subset was conditioned on "IndepTrans" equaling "1" in the data and > "Physical" equaling "1" as well. I want to be able to compute the median of a > variable first for the larger data set "timeuse" then for the subset file > "subset_1". How do I identify to R which data set I'm wanting the median > computed for? I've tried many possibilities but for some reason can't figure > it out.
?with with(timeuse, median(…)) with(subset_1, median(…)) Berend ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.