[R] Different varable lengths

[John Kane]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sarah.goslee at gmail.com
> Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:06:19 -0400
> To: jrkrideau at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: [R] Different varable lengths
> 
> Because of the missing comma.

I knew I needed new glasses !

> 
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM, John Kane <jrkrideau at inbox.com> wrote:
>>> length(Sweden.GDP.gap.adjust)
>> [1] 8
>>> Sweden.GDP.gap.adjust
>> [1]  0.673792123  1.196706756  1.196131539  0.646944002 -0.312886525
>> [6] -1.706584861 -0.369401194 -0.003280389
>> 
>> R is reading Sweden.GDP.gapp.adjust as having 8 elements.  Why I don't
>> know.
>> John Kane
>> Kingston ON Canada
>> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bahman.zadeh at comhem.se
>>> Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:43:32 -0700 (PDT)
>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>> Subject: [R] Different varable lengths
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to do a lm() test on three objects. My problem is that R
>>> protests
>>> and says that the variable lengths differ for one of the objects
>>> (Sweden.GDP.gap). But I have double checked that the number of
>>> observations
>>> are the same. All three objects should contain 9 observations but R
>>> only
>>> accepts 9 observations in two of the objects. The third must have 10!
>>> Very
>>> confusing because there is no 10th observation!
>>> 
>>>  # Adjusted Real rate - P
>>>> Sweden.p.adjust <- c(4.70243, 1.3776655, 1.117755, 1.6695175, 1.59282,
>>>> 1.1017625, -0.04295, 2.2552875, 0.0552875)
>>>> 
>>>> # Adjusted Inflation deviation
>>>> Sweden.infl.dev.adjust  <- c(0.110382497, -0.261612509, 0.040847515,
>>>> -0.195062497, -0.234362485, -0.023408728, 0.206421261, -0.079401261,
>>>> 0.071828752)
>>>> 
>>>> # Adjusted GDP-gap
>>>> Sweden.GDP.gap.adjust <- c(0.673792123, 1.196706756, 1.196131539,
>>>> 0.646944002, -0.312886525, -1.180620213 -0.525964648, -0.369401194,
>>>> -0.003280389)
>>>> 
>>>> # OLS regression using ADJUSTED data.#
>>>> Sweden.Taylor.real.adjust <- lm(Sweden.p.adjust ~
>>>> Sweden.infl.dev.adjust
>>>> +
>>>> Sweden.GDP.gap.adjust)
>>> Error in model.frame.default(formula = Sweden.p.adjust ~
>>> Sweden.infl.dev.adjust +  :
>>>   variable lengths differ (found for 'Sweden.GDP.gap.adjust')
>>> 
>>> Why is this happening?
>>> 
>>> / Saint
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org

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