Re : descriptive statistics
I would suggest what we already suggested to you: ?aggregate ?by ?doBy::summaryBy We could help you more precisely if you could provide a reproducible example, as explained in the posting guide (see link at the end of every email from this list) Ivan Le 12/13/2010 15:14, effeesse a ?crit :
I am sorry, but I cannot understand how to use the "summary" function. Maybe, if I describe my needs, you could sketch a line that could work. In the data set variable "V" can take values 1 to 14. For the subgroup of individuals where "V" takes value =1 I want the mean and variance of a certain set of other variables (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5). And this for all the other subgroups for values 2 to 14. What do you suggest?
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