[R] wrong data interpretation in R

[Sarah Goslee]

Most likely there's something amiss in your csv file: R won't convert
numeric data to factors unless there are non-numeric characters
included.

First check your csv file for errors. If that doesn't solve your
problem, please provide a reproducible example.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example

Sarah

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:59 AM, EcoFranc <robrit at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> maybe somebody would be kind enough to help a bloody and unprofessional
> beginner like me (and I hope I did not overlook the answer to my question on
> the website). I've imported a csv data frame into R, but I can't run a
> regression because R interprets 4 out of 5 variables as factors (rather than
> numeric vectors). I tried the as.numeric() command, but R says it is invalid
> to change the storage mode of a factor. Is there any way to change the mode
> of a factor into numeric.
>
> I am very grateful for help. Thank you very much, Robert.
>
>


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