[R] Help Please!!!!!!!!!

[jim holtman]

Your data seems to read in just fine, so what is the problem you are
trying to solve?

> x <- read.table('clipboard', sep='\t', header=TRUE)
> str(x)
'data.frame':   5 obs. of  5 variables:
 $ X     : Factor w/ 5 levels "JE","JM","S",..: 5 2 4 1 3
 $ None  : int  4 4 25 18 10
 $ Light : int  2 3 10 24 6
 $ Medium: int  3 7 12 33 7
 $ Heavy : int  2 4 4 13 2
> summary(x)
  X          None          Light        Medium         Heavy
 JE:1   Min.   : 4.0   Min.   : 2   Min.   : 3.0   Min.   : 2
 JM:1   1st Qu.: 4.0   1st Qu.: 3   1st Qu.: 7.0   1st Qu.: 2
 S :1   Median :10.0   Median : 6   Median : 7.0   Median : 4
 SE:1   Mean   :12.2   Mean   : 9   Mean   :12.4   Mean   : 5
 SM:1   3rd Qu.:18.0   3rd Qu.:10   3rd Qu.:12.0   3rd Qu.: 4
        Max.   :25.0   Max.   :24   Max.   :33.0   Max.   :13


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Melissa Waldman
<melissawaldman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been working with Program R for my stats class and I keep coming upon
> the same error, I have read so many sites about inputting data from a text
> file into R and I'm using the data to do a correspondence analysis.  I feel
> like I have read everything and it is still not explaining why the error
> message keeps coming up, I have used the exact examples I have seen in
> articles and the same error keeps popping up: Error in sum(N) : invalid
> 'type' (character) of argument
>
> I have spent sooooooooooooo long trying to figure this out without success,
> I am sure it has to do with the fact that my rows have names in them.  I
> have attached the text file I have been using and if you have any ideas as
> to how I can get R to plot the data using correspondence analysis with the
> column and row names that would be really helpful!  Or if you could pass
> this email to someone who may know how to help me, that would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Melissa Waldman
>
> my email: melissawaldman at gmail.com
>
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Jim Holtman
Cincinnati, OH
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What is the problem that you are trying to solve?