[R] quick Help needed

[arun]

Hi,
It is better to ?dput() the dummy dataset.
I made up some data for female==0
dat1<- read.table(text="
 pbnr        dat  dep  dys  sop  ago  mis age female messpunkt2 messpunkt1 tage eintrittsjahr
1 10023 1994-02-21 0.75 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.75  35      1       8817 8817    0          1994
2 10023 1994-05-25 0.75 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.75  35      1       8910 8817   93          1994
3 10028 1994-02-01 2.00 1.75 3.00 0.50 1.50  42      1       8797 8797    0          1994
4 10028 1999-01-15 1.25 0.75 2.25 0.50 0.25  42      1      10606 8797 1809          1999
5 10053 1994-03-16 2.50 0.75 1.25 0.50 1.25  22      1       8840 8840    0          1994
6 10053 1994-09-23 3.25 1.25 1.25 0.75 2.25  22      1       9031 8840  191          1994
7 10043 1994-02-21 0.85 1.20 0.51 0.55 0.95  45      0       8917 8817    0          1994
8 10043 1994-05-25 0.95 1.10 0.55 0.55 0.85  35      0       8950 8717   93          1994
9 10038 1994-02-01 2.50 1.85 3.20 0.70 1.70  45      0       9797 8897    0          1994
10 10038 1999-01-15 1.55 0.85 2.35 0.70 0.55  47      0      11606 9797 1809          1999
11 10063 1994-03-16 2.20 0.65 1.55 0.85 1.25  28      0       8940 8850    0          1994
12 10063 1994-09-23 3.55 1.35 1.55 0.95 2.35  32      0       9531 8340  191          1994
",sep="",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

 by(dat1[, c(3:8)], dat1[,"female"], summary)
#or
library(psych)
describeBy(dat1[,3:8],dat1$female)
#or
 describeBy(dat1[,3:8],dat1$female,mat=TRUE)


A.K.



----- Original Message -----
From: Sophie Homeyer <sophie.homeyer at googlemail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 4:58 PM
Subject: [R] quick Help needed

Hi,
i am new to this forum and not sure how it works,
I am trying to do deskriptive descripe my data in terms of gender:

head(scltotal)

   pbnr        dat  dep  dys  sop  ago  mis age female messpunkt2
messpunkt1 tage eintrittsjahr

1 10023 1994-02-21 0.75 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.75  35      1       8817
8817    0          1994

2 10023 1994-05-25 0.75 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.75  35      1       8910
8817   93          1994

3 10028 1994-02-01 2.00 1.75 3.00 0.50 1.50  42      1       8797
8797    0          1994

4 10028 1999-01-15 1.25 0.75 2.25 0.50 0.25  42      1      10606
8797 1809          1999

5 10053 1994-03-16 2.50 0.75 1.25 0.50 1.25  22      1       8840
8840    0          1994

6 10053 1994-09-23 3.25 1.25 1.25 0.75 2.25  22      1       9031
8840  191          1994
so female is either 0 or 1 I assume 0 is male and 1 is female. And I want
to look at dep, dys, sop, ago and mis how they are in terms of gender
(female or male) I have no clue what to do :-(
thanks for your help
sophie

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