[R] help in building a function

[Zhen Pang]

>From: assuncao.senra at portugalmail.com
>To: R help <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>Subject: [R] help in building a function
>Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:22:13 +0100
>
>hello,
>i'm new in writting functions in R. I read the R-help manuals but still
>couldn't get it right.
>The problem is:
>I have data on 16 categorical variables for 335 individuals. the data are
>lines for individuals and columns for variables.
>I want to calculate the correlation between two variables using a formula
>given by Agresti for ordinal categorical variables.
>I have to calcule the value for each pair of variables and save the result 
>in
>a vector...
>I wrote the following code
>
>X<-as.matrix(X)
>
>n=335
>for (i in 1:15){
>for (j in i+1:16){

note i+1:16 stands for i+(1:16)

>Tab<-table(X[,i],X[,j])
>u<-1:nrow(Tab)
>v<-1:ncol(Tab)
>
>ml<-margin.table(Tab,1)
>mc<-margin.table(Tab,2)
>
>r1<-u*Tab
>r2<-sum(v*t(r1))

t is useless here, also you did not use t at other place

>
>r3<-sum(u*ml)*(sum(v*mc)/n
>
>r5<-sum((v^2)*mc)-((sum(v*mc))^2)/n
>
>r4<-sum((u^2)*ml)-((sum(u*ml))^2)/n
>r<-(r2-r3)/sqrt(r4*r5)
>
>r
>m=(n-1)*r^2
>}
>}
>The correlation is r.I have a result, but there is a warning regarding r5
>about sintax.
>Plus, it doesn´t perform the loops and I don't know how to save the results 
>in
>a vector.
>thanks for any help
>
>Assunção
>
>
>
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