Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-04 Thread ramoss
When I put in mode=mode(COUNTS) I get the value numeric as an answer. I think it's giving me the data type not the mode. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Can-package-plyr-also-calculate-the-mode-tp4663235p4663301.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-04 Thread ramoss
When I run yy - ddply(all,ACTIVIT, summarise, mode=mode(COUNTS)) I get : ACTIVITmode XX numeric ZZ numeric so on. -- View this message in context:

[R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread ramoss
I am trying to replicate the SAS proc univariate in R. I got most of the stats I needed for a by grouping in a data frame using: all1 - ddply(all,ACT_NAME, summarise, mean=mean(COUNTS), sd=sd(COUNTS), q25=quantile(COUNTS,.25),median=quantile(COUNTS,.50), q75=quantile(COUNTS,.75),

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Sarah Goslee
Sure, you can add the mode in, following the format by the other summary statistics. ?mode Sarah On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:25 PM, ramoss ramine.mossad...@finra.org wrote: I am trying to replicate the SAS proc univariate in R. I got most of the stats I needed for a by grouping in a data frame

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Sarah Goslee
...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:32 PM To: Mossadegh, Ramine N. Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode? Sure, you can add the mode in, following the format by the other summary statistics. ?mode Sarah On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:25 PM, ramoss

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Sarah Goslee
it cannot be calculated within plyer? -Original Message- From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:36 PM To: Mossadegh, Ramine N.; r-help Subject: Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode? If you type ?mode at an R prompt you

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Peter Ehlers
: So you mean it cannot be calculated within plyer? -Original Message- From: Sarah Goslee [mailto:sarah.gos...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:36 PM To: Mossadegh, Ramine N.; r-help Subject: Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode? If you type ?mode at an R prompt you

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Jim Lemon
On 04/04/2013 09:56 AM, Peter Ehlers wrote: On 2013-04-03 14:59, Sarah Goslee wrote: Of course it can. Use the mode() in the same way you used the mean() function. You didn't provide a reproducible example, so I can't provided tested code, but I would think that you can add mode=mode(COUNTS)

Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode?

2013-04-03 Thread Sarah Goslee
...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 5:36 PM To: Mossadegh, Ramine N.; r-help Subject: Re: [R] Can package plyr also calculate the mode? If you type ?mode at an R prompt you will be able to read the help for the mode() function. On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Mossadegh, Ramine N