[R] tapply for function taking of >1 argument?

[Bert Gunter]

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Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Statistics

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Subject: Re: [R] tapply for function taking of >1 argument?


'fraid not :-((

tapply( data, groups, weighted.mean, weights) 

won't work because the *entire* weights vector is passed as the 2nd arg to
weighted.means. But weighted.mean needs 'weights' to be split in the same
way as 'data' -- the first and 2nd args need to correspond. 


Jorge Ivan Velez wrote:
> 
> Hi sjaffem,
> 
> You were almost there:
> 
> tapply( yourdata, groups, weighted.mean, weights)
> 
> See ?tapply for more information.
> 
> HTH,
> Jorge
> 
> 
> 

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