> -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Stansfield > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 4:25 p.m. > To: 'S.Ganesh at massey.ac.nz' > Subject: Document1 > > <<Doc1.doc>> I was trying to get R to analyse one variable of the file > Chicken Weight. when I ask > > hist(data$weight) > R says "x must be numeric" > yet when I check the data using Editor, it says quite clearly that > variable name weight is numeric. > what am I doing wrong here? I have attached a view from the console > > Brett > Brett Stansfield > Environmental Scientist - Water Quality > Hawke's Bay Regional Council > 102 Vautier Street > Private Bag 6006 > Napier > Phone (06) 835-9200 extn 9334 > Fax (06) 835-3601 > >
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Stansfield > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 4:25 p.m. > To: 'S.Ganesh at massey.ac.nz' > Subject: Document1 > > <<Doc1.doc>> I was trying to get R to analyse one variable of the file > Chicken Weight. when I ask > > hist(data$weight) > R says "x must be numeric" > yet when I check the data using Editor, it says quite clearly that > variable name weight is numeric. > what am I doing wrong here? I have attached a view from the console > > Brett > Brett Stansfield > Environmental Scientist - Water Quality > Hawke's Bay Regional Council > 102 Vautier Street > Private Bag 6006 > Napier > Phone (06) 835-9200 extn 9334 > Fax (06) 835-3601 > >