[R] simplify code for dummy coding of factors

[Richard M. Heiberger]

It can handle one more simplification step

# Rich Heiberger, removing intercept, including haireye data
haireye.df <- cbind(
    as.data.frame(haireye),
    model.matrix(Freq ~ Hair + Eye, data=haireye,
        contrasts.arg=list(Hair=diag(4), Eye=diag(4)))[,-1]
    )
haireye.df

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Michael Friendly <friendly at yorku.ca> wrote:
> On 12/30/14 7:16 PM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>>
>> I like this very simple version.  Note that you don't need
>> as.data.frame().
>>
>> model.matrix(Freq ~ Hair + Eye, data=haireye,
>> contrasts.arg=list(Hair=diag(4), Eye=diag(4)))
>
> Thanks to all who replied to this question.  model.matrix() was what I had
> missed, but to
> get the result in the form I wanted, required a bit  more work. These
> solutions give me
> what I asked for.
>
> haireye <- margin.table(HairEyeColor, 1:2)
>
> # Jeff Newmiller, solution 2, corrected
>
> haireye.df <- as.data.frame(haireye)
> dummykeys <- data.frame( h = factor( as.integer( haireye.df$Hair ) )
>                        , e = factor( as.integer( haireye.df$Eye ) ) )
> dummy.hair <- as.data.frame( model.matrix( ~ h - 1, data=dummykeys ))
> dummy.eye <- as.data.frame( model.matrix( ~ e - 1, data=dummykeys ))
> haireye.df <- data.frame( haireye.df, dummy.hair, dummy.eye )
>
>
> # Rich Heiberger, removing intercept, including haireye data
> haireye.df <- as.data.frame(haireye)
> haireye.df <- cbind(
>     haireye.df,
>     model.matrix(Freq ~ Hair + Eye, data=haireye,
>         contrasts.arg=list(Hair=diag(4), Eye=diag(4)))[,-1]
>     )
> haireye.df
>
>
>
>
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