[R] Using functions/loops for repetitive commands

[David Winsemius]

On May 5, 2011, at 1:08 PM, dereksloan wrote:

> Thanks David,
>
> I did notice that and I got his code to work using wilcox.test for the
> continuous variables.
>
> The problem is that when I tried to alter the code to do chisq.test  
> on my
> categorical variables there is something wrong with the syntax and I  
> don't
> know what.

Right....
 > ?chisq.test
# No mention of a formula argument seen
 > ?chisq.test.formula
No documentation for 'chisq.test.formula' in specified packages and  
libraries:
you could try '??chisq.test.formula'

`chisq.test` doesn't have a formula method, so sending it a formula  
will fail.

Why aren't you sending it the arguments instead of turning them into  
strings?


>
> Derek
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David Winsemius, MD
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