R help - Dec 2006 - data -> data matrix that can be used in regressions

Dear R users,

 

I have spent most of this day figuring out how to read STATA data into R
(which eventually worked) and to run a simple OLS regression. It seems
that the manuals are written in the most general and abstract way which
does not really make it easy to understand what's going on.

 

I'd be glad if somebody could save my day by:

 

telling me how to define a matrix from the variables I read into R's
memory, supposing that the variable are "lkiosk" and
"lvisits".

 

Thank you very much!

 

Best regards,

 

Uli

 

 

***********************************************************

Ulrich Kaiser, Dr. rer. pol.

Professor of Econometrics and its Applications

Dept. of Business and Economics

University of Southern Denmark at Odense

Campusvej 55

5230 Odense M

Phone: +45 6550 3363

Fax: +45 6615 8790

http://www.sam.sdu.dk/staff/uka

 


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--- Ulrich Kaiser <uka at sam.sdu.dk> wrote:
> Dear R users,
> I have spent most of this day figuring out how to
> read STATA data into R
> (which eventually worked) and to run a simple OLS
> regression. It seems
> that the manuals are written in the most general and
> abstract way which
> does not really make it easy to understand what's
> going on.
>
> I'd be glad if somebody could save my day by:
> 
>  
> 
> telling me how to define a matrix from the variables
> I read into R's
> memory, supposing that the variable are "lkiosk" and
> "lvisits".
Mymatrix <- cbind(lkiosk,lvisits)

Do a class(Mymatrix) to check this.

You might find a simple tutorial like
http://www.math.ilstu.edu/dhkim/Rstuff/Rtutor.html to
be of help. I certainly have.

Do a google search for

   cran contributed documentation

and at the first hit you will find numerous introductions that may be
of use to you.

Also read the last line of every post to r-help.

On 12/21/06, Ulrich Kaiser <uka at sam.sdu.dk>
wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
>
>
> I have spent most of this day figuring out how to read STATA data into R
> (which eventually worked) and to run a simple OLS regression. It seems
> that the manuals are written in the most general and abstract way which
> does not really make it easy to understand what's going on.
>
>
>
> I'd be glad if somebody could save my day by:
>
>
>
> telling me how to define a matrix from the variables I read into R's
> memory, supposing that the variable are "lkiosk" and
"lvisits".
>
>
>
> Thank you very much!
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Uli
>
>
>
>
>
> ***********************************************************
>
> Ulrich Kaiser, Dr. rer. pol.
>
> Professor of Econometrics and its Applications
>
> Dept. of Business and Economics
>
> University of Southern Denmark at Odense
>
> Campusvej 55
>
> 5230 Odense M
>
> Phone: +45 6550 3363
>
> Fax: +45 6615 8790
>
> http://www.sam.sdu.dk/staff/uka
>
>
>
>
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