[R] confidence-intervals in dotchart

2004-02-10 Thread TyagiAnupam
My earlier posting should have said dotchart, not barchart. 1)  How does one show confidence-intervals in a dotchart and use rownames for labels on the y-axes?  I have looked at plotCI in gregmisc package . But it does not seem to produce something like a dotchart.  The statistic, error,

Re: [R] confidence-intervals in dotchart

2004-02-10 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 2/10/04 3:33:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 04:30:46 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My earlier posting should have said dotchart, not barchart. 1) How does one show confidence-intervals in a dotchart and use rownames for

[R] Dotplot: y-labels from rownames

2004-02-10 Thread TyagiAnupam
How can I use row.names() as y-labels in Dotplot? How to set horizontal orientation for y-lables in lattice()? Dotplot(stcod1 ~ Cbind(statgh2,statgh2-1.96*segh2,statgh2+1.96*segh2)[og], subset=statgh2[og]0.1, data=h2inqerrg02st, xlab=G, ylab=row.names(h2inqerrg02st)[og], main=) I have tried

Re: [R] Dotplot: y-labels from rownames

2004-02-10 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 2/10/04 12:52:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday 10 February 2004 11:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I use row.names() as y-labels in Dotplot? How to set horizontal orientation for y-lables in lattice()? Dotplot(stcod1 ~

Re: [R] Processing logic for Huge Data set

2003-10-20 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 10/20/03 5:11:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you actually compared for loop with apply, in terms of timing? Have you looked at the R code for apply()? It has: ... if (length(d.call) 2) { if (length(dn.call)) dimnames(newX)

[R] Matrix of Index Variables

2003-10-20 Thread TyagiAnupam
What is a good way to create a matrix of index variables based on all possible combinations of a list of factors in a data-frame, say list(age, sex)? age and sex are numeric and factor variables in a dataframe, with 99 and 2 values, respectively. I would like to use these for subsetting the

[R] help with aggregate.survey.design

2003-10-15 Thread TyagiAnupam
I am trying to modify aggregate.data.frame to create an aggregate method for survey design objects. I am running into problems because survey design objects are lists, with the variables and other design information stored in separate dataframes, or objects of other classes, in this list.

Re: [R] EMACS/ESS problems

2003-10-02 Thread TyagiAnupam
Try eval-linestep C-c C-n in ESS (no cut and paste), and omit the semi-colon at the end of the statement. In a message dated 10/2/03 11:12:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, It didn't help in this case in *scratch* v = c(1, # 2, # 3); highlight

Re: [R] using aggregate with survey-design and survey functions

2003-09-20 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 9/20/03 9:19:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: svymean needs the survey metadata to get the right mean, and aggregate doesn't give it enough information. aggregate would need a separate method for svydesign objects. Thanks for the info. I tried

[R] using aggregate with survey-design and survey functions

2003-09-19 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi R users, I am trying to use the aggregate function with a survey design object and survey functions, but get the following error. I think I am incorrectly using the syntax somehow, and it may not be possible to access variables directly by name in a survey-design object. Am I right? How do

[R] modelling open source software

2003-09-19 Thread TyagiAnupam
The following paper may be of interest to some. The author is generous about sharing a recently revised version. A HREF=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=259648;http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=259648/A [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Re: [R] using aggregate with survey-design and survey functions

2003-09-19 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 9/19/03 7:46:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you get from the following: is.element(income, objects()) spencer graves is.element(income, objects()) [1] FALSE The following may give further info about why I am getting this. Design

Re: [R] Quit asking me if I want to save the workspace!

2003-09-16 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 9/16/03 7:20:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How do you stop R from putting up a dialog box when you quit Rgui? (I use Windows and I never save workspaces that way) On windows-98, an easy solution that works: * Right-click the icon with which you

Re: [R] Plot survey data

2003-09-13 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi John, thanks for the suggestion. What would one consider as large range? summary(finalwt) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu. Max. 1.8 192.1 462.7 872.8 1018.0 67150.0 The sample is large: about 250,000. How large a sample should one

[R] Plot survey data

2003-09-10 Thread TyagiAnupam
I am trying to make plots that take into account survey weights. This a survey of the US population. To start with I want to explore the data using pairs, plot, coplots and lattice. Are there specialized methods that handle survey weights for plotting? Any pointers? Anupam.

Re: [R] Importing Data

2003-08-14 Thread TyagiAnupam
These functions are in the library foreign. You may not have loaded the library. Load it first, before using the functions. I tried the following on R1.7.1 on Windows; the functions are available. library(foreign) help(read.xport) help(read.table) In a message dated 8/6/03 11:48:56 AM

Re: [R] Weighted SUR, 2SLS regressions

2003-08-14 Thread TyagiAnupam
An (the?) early reference for SUR is: * Arnold Zellner (1962). An efficient method for estimating seemingly unrelated regressions, and tests for aggregation bias, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol 57, pp348--68. * For a discusssion, generalization and related references see,

Re: [R] Statistical analysis of huge datasets.

2003-08-07 Thread TyagiAnupam
One possibility is to use a DBMS like MySQL or Postgresql, and RODBC to connect to these. Search the archives for previous postings about these, have a look at the first R-Newsletter and at Data Import-Export manual. In a message dated 8/7/03 1:26:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [R] R-WinEdt problems

2003-07-24 Thread TyagiAnupam
Right click on your WinEdt icon and go to Properties menu-item. In the Target box look for something like, [PathToWinEdt]\WinEdt\WinEdt.exe -C=R-WinEdt -e=r.ini If you don't find something like this, make the change and try it. * It may be better to have a new icon for R-WinEdt on your desktop

[R] R: Debian package and source

2003-06-18 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi, where can I find the most up-to-date Debian packages for R and sources in USA. I will be thankful for the location that I can include in my sources.list. Are their any special recommendations or instructions for building and maintaining R on Debian? A web-link will be helpful. ---anupam.

Re: [R] logistic regression

2003-03-14 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 3/14/03 10:10:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1* I need to use logistic regression. But my data file is very huge( appx. 4 million line). R doesn't handle such a file. What can I do ? It depends on the strength of your computing system as well:

Re: [R] Median Regression Model

2003-03-13 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 3/13/03 11:43:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, Is there any function to perform median regression model ? Thanks in advance. Use the functions in Quantreg package. --Anupam. [[alternate HTML version deleted]]

Re: [R] Subpopulations in Complex Surveys

2003-02-23 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 2/23/03 1:19:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, is there a way to analyze subpopulations (e.g. women over 50, those who answered yes to a particular question) in a survey using Survey package?

[R] Subpopulations in Complex Surveys

2003-02-19 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi, is there a way to analyze subpopulations (e.g. women over 50, those who answered yes to a particular question) in a survey using Survey package? Other packages (e.g. Stata, SUDAAN) do this with a subpopulation option to identify the subpopulation for which the analysis shoud be done. I did

Re: [R] installation of RODBC

2003-02-17 Thread TyagiAnupam
Nader, have tried to install the RODBC package with the next command: install.packages((ORDBC), (lib=usr/lib/R/library)) But it is failed. Can I get some information about the installation of this package anywhere? Best regards, Nader An alternate way to install is with R CMD

Re: [R] RMySQL installation and loading errors

2003-02-16 Thread TyagiAnupam
In a message dated 2/16/03 6:24:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. The file is indeed there. By default Windows Explorer makes the *.dll files invisible. The file seem to be in a branch of the default library. I am missing

[R] RMySQL installation and loading errors

2003-02-15 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi R users, I have been trying to install and use RMySQL on Windows98 for MySQL3.23.55-max using the pulldown menu. I am getting the following errors. I read the doc and some archived mails about a similar problem on unix like systems. Still can't get it to work. Some info below that may

[R] label storage and conversions: DBMS and R

2003-02-09 Thread TyagiAnupam
Hi R users, I am new to using DBMS with R for large datasets. Thanks to all who responded with useful suggestion to my earlier postings about using large datasets and DBMS with R. I am writing to get some help about how to design good tables in DBMS to take full advantage of the wonderful

[R] A good DBMS for R?

2003-02-02 Thread TyagiAnupam
PREI am looking for suggestions for a good Database Management System to use with R. The main use of this will be to format, query and make subsets of large datafiles for use in R. I recall reading a comparative write-up either in the newsletter, in the mails or someone's webpage last summer,