Hi Emma, You write "I get numbers that are exponential (e.g., 1.877030e+01) "
1.877030e+01 is scientific notation. It means 1.877030 * 10 ( = 18.7703). This seems like a perfectly good percentile. HTH, Eric On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:12 PM Emma Parrish <emma.m.parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I am having some trouble with the effectsize package in R. I am trying to > convert Z scores to percentiles using the convert_z_to_percentile command. > This same code (below) has worked for 3 other variables, but not these 2 > variables > > However, when I use the function to convert other z scores to percentiles, > I get numbers that are exponential (e.g., 1.877030e+01) instead of a > percentile. Has this happened to anyone else, and if so, how were you able > to fix it? > > Here is my code: > > #generate z-scores for SSPA using the scale() function - this part of the > code is successful > dat$varA_z <- scale(dat$varA_tot, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) > dat$varB_z <- scale(dat$varB_tot, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE) > > #Convert z-scores to percentile for UPSA using effectsize package tool, > convert_z_to_percentile > #for some reason this isn't working > dat$varA_per <- (convert_z_to_percentile(dat$varA_z)*100) > dat$varB_per <- (convert_z_to_percentile(dat$varB_z)*100) > > Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer! > Emma > > -- > Emma Parrish, B.S. | Graduate Student Researcher > SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology > Cognitive Dynamics Lab > emma.m.parr...@gmail.com | (610) 428-6714 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.