[R] Recoding

[David Barron]

I've used the one in car with no problems.  For grouping a continuous
variable you might also consider cut.

On 11/06/07, David Scott <d.scott at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> I want to do some recoding of variables: code Age into groups and recode a
> factor into a smaller number of levels.
>
> There are a couple of options for recode functions, in the car package and
> in memisc, and I think in gmisc.
>
> Does anyone have any opinions on the the easiest, most reliable approach
> for these problems?
>
> David Scott
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