On 10/30/2013 11:03 PM, Stevan Lauriault wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for a function that takes a list and calculates a score based on
how well "like attracts like".
For example:
list1<- c(john, eric, steve, john, eric, scott, john)
list2<- c(john, john, john, eric, eric, steve, scott)
score(list1)< score(list2)
Both lists are composed of the same names and frequency of each
name.
Not sure how else to put it. I am relatively new to R. Have tried the
modularity function, but can't seem to get it to work for this purpose.
Hi Steve,
My first guess would be a distance function. Something like the variance
of the indices of the various names:
by(1:length(list1),list1,var)
by(1:length(list2),list2,var)
How you will handle the NAs generated by single names is another matter.
Jim
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