[R] Summary Statistics for data.frame

2006-07-08 Thread justin rapp
I apologize for my constant questions but I am new to R and trying to gain an appreciation for its capabilities. The following task is easy in Excel and I was hoping somebody could give me a quick explanation for how it can be acheived in R so I can avoid having to switch between the two

Re: [R] Summary Statistics for data.frame

2006-07-08 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 7/8/2006 3:44 PM, justin rapp wrote: I apologize for my constant questions but I am new to R and trying to gain an appreciation for its capabilities. The following task is easy in Excel and I was hoping somebody could give me a quick explanation for how it can be acheived in R so I can

Re: [R] Summary Statistics for data.frame

2006-07-08 Thread justin rapp
When I attempt to use the mysummary function, I obtain the following error: Error in var(x) : missing observations in cov/cor When I use: by(data.logistic,data.logistic$Ydrafted,summary) I receive no errors. I cut and pasted your mysummary function directly into my r console. Should I have

Re: [R] Summary Statistics for data.frame

2006-07-08 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 7/8/2006 4:55 PM, justin rapp wrote: When I attempt to use the mysummary function, I obtain the following error: Error in var(x) : missing observations in cov/cor var() gives that error if it sees NA values. You can get it to remove them by using var(x, na.rm = TRUE) instead of var(x).