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rmodeling
JPC
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Reputation: 5173

How to force numeric variable to read as categorical in r using summary() ?

I have x = 1,2,3,4 which is my categorical variable but when I use summary() it automatically thinks that this is discrete : so I would get something like this

Min : 1st Qu.: Median :

But what I want is to give me just the frequency for this variable within the summary()

1: 2: 3: 4:

Thank you

Upvotes: 3

Views: 15784

Answers (1)

MattBagg
MattBagg

Reputation: 10478

> x <- seq(1:10)

> summary(as.factor(x))
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 
 1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1

Or, if you want to permanently assign x as categorical variable in a dataframe named mydata, do this before the summary() call:

mydata$x <- factor(mydata$x)

(Spending an hour or two with any of the many books or online intros to R and typing out the examples is a smart investment and saves a lot of time.)

Upvotes: 9

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