Michael,

i have no experience with the Bayesian models you use, but I could imagine that the problem is that this classifiedPositive variable is a list (as you suggest as well). With

unlist()
as.character()
as.factor()

you can convert the variable to anything you may need as an input.


HTH
Jannis
On 02/26/2011 12:40 PM, Michael Hecker wrote:
Hi,
I have a problem with an invalid variable type.

My sample dataset is looking like this:
  >  str(factivaTDM.train)
'data.frame':   4 obs. of  14 variables:
   $ access            : num  2 3 2 1
   $ billion           : num  2 1 2 2
   $ compani           : num  7 6 1 2
   $ data              : num  6 2 3 4
   $ inc               : num  5 3 3 2
   $ local             : num  3 2 1 1
   $ mcleodusa         : num  15 6 2 10
   $ network           : num  9 1 2 1
   $ provid            : num  4 3 1 2
   $ servic            : num  11 4 3 6
   $ share             : num  9 5 3 5
   $ splitrock         : num  18 6 4 5
   $ stock             : num  3 3 1 2
   $ classifiedPositive:List of 4
    ..$ : chr "yes"
    ..$ : chr "yes"
    ..$ : chr "yes"
    ..$ : chr "yes"
    ..- attr(*, "class")= chr "AsIs"

and the command:
NaiveBayes.model<- NB(classifiedPositive ~ ., data = factivaTDM.train)
generates the error:
invalid type (list) for variable 'classifiedPositive'

Here is another dataset which causes no errors:
  >  str(weatherNominal.train)
'data.frame':   13 obs. of  5 variables:
   $ outlook    : Factor w/ 3 levels "overcast","rainy",..: 3 3 1 2 2 2 1
3 3 2 ...
   $ temperature: Factor w/ 3 levels "cool","hot","mild": 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 3
1 3 ...
   $ humidity   : Factor w/ 2 levels "high","normal": 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 ...
   $ windy      : logi  FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE ...
   $ play       : Factor w/ 3 levels "?","no","yes": 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 ...

So I suppose, I have to convert classifiedPositive:List to
classifiedPositive:Factor
How can I do that?

I will send you more information about my script if you need it.

Thank you very much,
Michael


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