[R] How to measure level of similarity of two data frames

[Meyners, Michael]

Kel,
in addition, and depending on how you define "similarity", you might want to look into the RV coefficient as a measure of it (it is actually related to a correlation, so similarity would rather mean "similar information" though not necessarily small Euclidean distance); coeffRV in FactoMineR would be one option to determine it.
HTH, Michael

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> Subject: [R] How to measure level of similarity of two data frames
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> Hi group,
> 
> I've been thinking of calculating euclidean distance between each
> column of a data frames that each consists of standardized numerical
> columns.
> However, I don't know if there's a way of summarizing the overall
> distance by some kind of metrics.  If anyone know a proper way of doing
> so and/or a package I would greatly appreciate your suggestions.
> Thanks very much!
> 
> Kel
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