[R] Standard deviation for rows

[Greg Snow]

> apply( mymatrix, 1, sd )

Will give the row standard deviations of a matrix or matrix like data frame.

There are also some functions in add-on packages that do row sd's or var's.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have just started using R, and I have a simple question.
> How can I get the Standard deviation for rows. basically I am looking
> for
> something like  "rowMeans()"
> but for Standard deviation (I tried "rowSds()" didn't exist)
>
> Thanks,
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