Hello, all.
I am encountering a new problem I have not seen before.
I recoded my variable trust in the following manner (thank you John and David):
trust <- recode(Poland$SN35B, " 'Strongly Agree' = 1; 'Agree' = 2; 'Neither
Agree nor Disagree' = 3; 'Disagree' = 4; 'Strongly Disagree' = 5; \"Can't
choose\" = 6; else=NA")
when I examine the variable, I find the following:
> levels(Poland$trust)
[1] "1" "2" "3" "4" "6"
level 5 is missing.
i check again here:
> levels(Poland$SN35B)
[1] "NAP:NOT ASKED/BALOT" "Strongly Agree" "Agree"
[4] "Neither Agree nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Cant choose"
[7] "Can't choose" "NO ANSWER"
yes, 5 should be "Disagree".
So I check to be sure people did answer "Disagree". I find they did:
> summary(Poland$SN35B)
NAP:NOT ASKED/BALOT Strongly Agree
Agree
12443 83
545
Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Cant
choose
306 183
29
Can't choose NO ANSWER
62 13
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to why my 5th choice might be
missing after I recode?
Thanks.
~Nicole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Marie Ford" <nmf...@uwm.edu>
To: "John Fox" <j...@mcmaster.ca>
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:39:01 PM
Subject: Re: [R] removing contractions for recode in car
Dear John and David,
Thanks so much for the advice. I have only come across this one other time in
my research, so the code escaped me! Much obliged!
~Nicole
Ph.D. Student
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
c: 813.786.5715
e: nmf...@uwm.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fox" <j...@mcmaster.ca>
To: "Nicole Marie Ford" <nmf...@uwm.edu>
Cc: r-help@r-project.org
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:16:58 PM
Subject: Re: [R] removing contractions for recode in car
Dear Nicole,
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:49:04 -0600 (CST)
Nicole Marie Ford <nmf...@uwm.edu> wrote:
> hello,
>
> i need to recode a variable, however the contraction is causing problems. i
> had the code to change this written down somewhere and i just can't find it,
> of course.
>
> i am using the car library to recode.
>
> it's only 5 levels when it should have 6... when i do levels(trust).
>
> here is my recode:
>
>
> trust <- recode(Poland$SN35B, " 'Strongly Agree' = 1; 'Agree' = 2; 'Neither
> Agree nor Disagree' = 3; 'Disagree' = 4; 'Strongly Disagree' = 5; 'Can't
> choose' = 6; else=NA")
Although it's awkward, you should be able to do what you want by "escaping" the
quotation marks surrounding the level name; the following (untested) should
work:
trust <- recode(Poland$SN35B, " 'Strongly Agree' = 1; 'Agree' = 2; 'Neither
Agree nor Disagree' = 3; 'Disagree' = 4; 'Strongly Disagree' = 5; \"Can't
choose\" = 6; else=NA")
I hope this helps,
John
------------------------------------------------
John Fox
Sen. William McMaster Prof. of Social Statistics
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
>
>
> thanks.
>
> ~nicole
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Winsemius" <dwinsem...@comcast.net>
> To: "Rui Barradas" <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt>
> Cc: r-help@r-project.org
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 2:33:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [R] printing all htest class members
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Rui Barradas wrote:
>
> > You're right, David,
> >
> > The first line is wrong, it should be
> >
> > ... df=2:4 ...
> >
> > As for creating something, try
> >
> >> ht <- structure( ... etc ...
> >> ht
> >> class(ht)
> >
> > See what is printed and what function prints it.
>
> Well, the function is stats:::print.htest.
>
> (Do not expect any further replies to emails sent without context.)
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