[R] Combining Data Sets w/ Weights

2010-09-16 Thread btpagano
Hello All, I am still a beginner with R, and I only have a week or two under my belt so far. I'm working with NHANES anthropometric data on stature. I have two sets of data that have different statistical weights. I'm trying to combine those two data sets into one "mega-set" while retaining eac

Re: [R] Combining Data Sets w/ Weights

2010-09-17 Thread btpagano
Here it is... > str(Males$BMXHT) num [1:2801] 168 161 180 182 169 ... > str(Females$BMXHT) num [1:3440] 162 159 164 165 159 ... > str(Males$yourWeight) num [1:2801] 1148 788 10298 25115 8691 ... > str(Females$myWeight) num [1:3440] 9169 4964 2608 2806 907 ... I want to combine Males$BMXHT wi

Re: [R] Combining Data Sets w/ Weights

2010-09-17 Thread btpagano
Sorry, Rather, it should be: wtd.quantile(Everybody$BMXHT, weights=Everybody$ourWeight, 0.05) Thanks again, Brian. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Combining-Data-Sets-w-Weights-tp2543167p2543998.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: [R] Combining Data Sets w/ Weights

2010-09-17 Thread btpagano
Good News! I think I figured out my problem. The command I was looking for was append(). Thank you for your help, Brian -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Combining-Data-Sets-w-Weights-tp2543167p2544125.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com