[R] contingency table, several variables from dataframe

[Birgitle]

I think it makes a difference if I want to use a classification method like
rpart () or if I use a modelling approach like glm().

Many thanks for the kind and fast help. I am still very untrained and it is
difficult for me to create such codes.

B.


Eik Vettorazzi wrote:
> 
> Ok, then treat them as factors - but if they are really binary and coded 
> 0 and 1, which kind of calculation would lead to different results for a 
> "factor" instead of a numeric variable?
> 
> Anyway,
> 
> ABC<-as.data.frame(cbind(A,B,C))
> aggregate(ABC[,2:3],by=list(A),FUN=function(x)sum(x=='1'))  # '1' is 
> here the level of the corresponding factor to be counted.
> 
> will work. A more sophisticated version could include some "factor to 
> numeric" conversion, see FAQ 7.10.
> hth.
> 
> Birgitle schrieb:
>> Thanks for your answer.
>>
>> It is intended, that the variables are treated as class factor, because
>> these are binary variables with, for example, the presence or the absence
>> of
>> a plant organ.
>> As far as I understood, I have to treat them for other calculations as
>> factor. Therefore I classified these variables as factors in my original
>> dataframe.
>>
>> If I do what you suggested, I have to change the classes of all my
>> variables. Is there a possibility to do something similar without
>> changing
>> the classes?
>>
>> B.
>>
>>
>> Eik Vettorazzi wrote:
>>   
>>> First of all your construction of ABC leads to a structure with 3 factor 
>>> variables due to the way cbind processes the input variables -  which is 
>>> not intended I think.
>>>
>>> You can do sth like
>>>
>>> ABC<-data.frame(A,B,C)
>>> aggregate(ABC[,2:3],by=list(A),sum)
>>>
>>> hth.
>>>
>>> Birgitle schrieb:
>>>     
>>>> Hello R-Users!
>>>>
>>>> I need a little help to build up a contingency table out of several
>>>> variables.
>>>>
>>>>   A<-c("F","M","M","F","F","F","F","M","F","M","F","F")
>>>>   B<-c(0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1)
>>>>   C<-c(0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0)
>>>>
>>>>   ABC<-as.data.frame(cbind(A,B,C))
>>>>
>>>>   ABC
>>>>
>>>>    A B C
>>>> 1  F 0 0
>>>> 2  M 0 1
>>>> 3  M 0 1
>>>> 4  F 0 1
>>>> 5  F 0 1
>>>> 6  F 0 1
>>>> 7  F 1 1
>>>> 8  M 1 1
>>>> 9  F 1 1
>>>> 10 M 1 0
>>>> 11 F 0 0
>>>> 12 F 1 0
>>>>
>>>> I would like to count in each variable B and C the frequencies for M
>>>> and
>>>> F
>>>> (variable A) and finally get the following table:
>>>>
>>>>      B   C
>>>> F   3   5
>>>>
>>>> M  2   3
>>>>
>>>> Is there a function that can do that in one step?
>>>> Tried ?structable, ?ftable, ?xtabs, ?table but could not get what I
>>>> would
>>>> like to have.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I did not use the tried functions in the right way.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance for any help.
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
>>>> (Marcus Aurelius)
>>>>   
>>>>       
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>>> Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>   
> 
> -- 
> Eik Vettorazzi
> Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
> Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
> 
> Martinistr. 52
> 20246 Hamburg
> 
> T ++49/40/42803-8243
> F ++49/40/42803-7790
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