Thanks a lot Don, I did the above mentioned. And yes one of my variable field had some non numeric data. Because of large set of variables , when I used str(BSE) , some result was omitted, so that's why it went un noticed. Thank you
On Fri 15 May, 2015 11:21 pm MacQueen, Don <macque...@llnl.gov> wrote: > For sure this is not a Mac OS X related problem. > > If the data frame is named BSE then your lm() calls need to say data = > BSE, not data = bse. > > How many factpr levels does company have? > > Besides all that, I would suggest you start with simpler uses of lm, and > find out if they work. For example, try > > lm( CP ~ company, data=BSE) > > If that works, then start adding variables on the right hand side until > you get one that causes errors. > > The message about a 'closure' suggests that you are somehow asking lm() to > perform analyses on an R function instead of data in a data frame. That > would be very strange, and I have trouble imagining how that could be. > > Are you sure all your data is numeric? Try > lapply( BSE, class) > str(BSE) > > > -- > Don MacQueen > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > 7000 East Ave., L-627 > Livermore, CA 94550 > 925-423-1062 > > > > > > On 5/14/15, 5:07 AM, "samarvir singh" <samarvir1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >I Have a data frame named BSE and CP is my independent variable > >and here;s the error I get if I try to run an lm function > >any idea whats wrong > > > >P.S - all my data is in numeric except company which is a factor. I have > >2700 row and 450 variable > > > >P.P.S - I have no missing data, I have 0 in Empty field. > > > >> BSE_Reg <- lm(CP ~.-company, data = bse) > >Error in `contrasts<-`(`*tmp*`, value = contr.funs[1 + isOF[nn]]) : > > contrasts can be applied only to factors with 2 or more levels > > > >> BSE_Reg <- lm(CP ~., data = bse) > >Error in `contrasts<-`(`*tmp*`, value = contr.funs[1 + isOF[nn]]) : > > contrasts can be applied only to factors with 2 or more levels > >Error in as.character(tools:::httpdPort) : > > cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character' > >Error in as.character(tools:::httpdPort) : > > cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character' > >Error in as.character(tools:::httpdPort) : > > cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character' > >Error in as.character(tools:::httpdPort) : > > cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character' > > > > > > > > > > > >> R.Version() > >$platform > >[1] "x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0" > > > >$arch > >[1] "x86_64" > > > >$os > >[1] "darwin13.4.0" > > > >$system > >[1] "x86_64, darwin13.4.0" > > > >$status > >[1] "" > > > >$major > >[1] "3" > > > >$minor > >[1] "2.0" > > > >$year > >[1] "2015" > > > >$month > >[1] "04" > > > >$day > >[1] "16" > > > >$`svn rev` > >[1] "68180" > > > >$language > >[1] "R" > > > >$version.string > >[1] "R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16)" > > > >$nickname > >[1] "Full of Ingredients" > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > >______________________________________________ > >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >PLEASE do read the posting guide > >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
