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importing data error question

1 message · John Fox

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Dear Jihee,

Your latest attempt has gotten farther than the previous one but has produced a different error. The command to read the data set was generated properly. You can see whether the data set was in fact read by typing prestige (the name you gave to the data set) at the > command prompt in the R console. Assuming that the data set was read, an error occurred when the Rcmdr tried to make it the active data set. I'm afraid that I don't understand how this could happen because this procedure works correctly for me and for others. The underlying code is invoked whenever the Rcmdr reads a dara set.

I suggest that you try two additional things:

(1) I noticed that you loaded the FactoMineR and SensoMineR plug-ins. Try again without loading these plug-ins.

(2) Download and try reading the plain-text data file from <https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Courses/R/ICPSR/Prestige.xlsx>, using "Data > Import data > From text file, clipboard, or URL"; you can take all of the defaults in the resulting dialog box.

If neither of these works then I'm afraid that I'm out of ideas. There's something peculiar about your R installation that I can't detect.

Best,
 John