[R] Data import R: some explanatory variables not showing up correctly in summary

[Ulrik Stervbo]

Hi Tara,

It seems that you categorise and count for each category. Could it be that
the method you use puts everything that doesn't match the predefined
categories in Other?

I'm only guessing because without a minimal  reproducible example it's
difficult to do anything else.

Best wishes
Ulrik

Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> schrieb am Do., 1. Juni 2017, 17:30:

> Hello,
>
> In order for us to help we need to know how you've imported your data.
> What was the file type? What instructions have you used to import it?
> Did you use base R or a package?
> Give us a minimal but complete code example that can reproduce your
> situation.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> Em 01-06-2017 11:02, Tara Adcock escreveu:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a question regarding data importing into R.
> >
> > When I import my data into R and review the summary, some of my
> explanatory variables are being reported as if instead of being one
> variable, they are two with the same name. See below for an example;
> >
> >     Behav person         Behav dog               Position
> >    **combination  : 38   combination  :  4**     Bank    :372
> >    **combination  :  7   combination  :  4**   **Island  :119**
> >      fast         :123   fast         : 15     **Island  : 11**
> >      slow         :445   slow         : 95       Land    :  3
> >      stat         :111   stat         : 14       Water   :230
> >
> > Also, all of the distances I have imported are showing up in the summary
> along with a line entitled "other". However, I haven't used any other
> distances?
> >
> >     Distance        Distance.dog
> >     2-10m  :184     <50m   : 35
> >     <50m   :156     2-10m  : 27
> >     10-20m :156     20-30m : 23
> >     20-30m : 91     30-40m : 16
> >     40-50m : 57     10-20m : 13
> >     **(Other): 82   (Other): 18**
> >
> > I have checked my data sheet over and over again and I think
> standardised the data, but the issue keeps arising. I'm assuming I need to
> clean the data set but as a nearly complete novice in R I am not certain
> how to do this. Any help at all with this would be much appreciated. Thanks
> so much.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Tara Adcock.
> >
> >
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