> I am using the iris dataset that contains mixed variables (some columns are
> numeric and some categorical).
>
>
> > iris
> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
> 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa
> 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa
> 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa
> 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa
> .
> .
> .
> I am trying to use the Gower metric so that I may specify that some columns
> contain categorical data.
> > iris.clust<-daisy(iris, metric = "gower", stand = FALSE, type =
> > list(factor="Species"))
>
But it is saying that the type= I, I, I, I, N
so obviously it is not reading the variable types correctly.
Could someone please tell me how to specify the types correctly?
Thank you.
>
> ******************************************************************
>
> Joanna Papakonstantinou, Ph.D.
>
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