[R] removing observations

[Roger D. Peng]

You probably want something like

subset(dataset, year == 1970)

and loop through the years.

Or, perhaps even classier, would be

datalist <- split(dataset, as.factor(year))
results <- lapply(datalist, myAnalysisFunction)

-roger

Justin G. Gardner wrote:
> Hello R list.
> 
> I am sure this is an easy question, please forgive my 
> ignorance of R.
> 
> 
> I have a panel data set (25 years) and I would like to break 
> it up by year, and run a few tests.  How is this done in R?  
> In STATA it is quite simple (keep if year =1970).  If someone 
> could give me an example of how to do it for a single year I 
> am sure I could make a little loop to do it for all 25.
> 
> Thanks,
> JGG.
> 
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