Hi I am really struggling with changing my factors into continuous variables. There is plenty of information on changing continuous to a factor which is the opposite of what i need to do. I would be soooooo grateful for any help Thanks Joe -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Factor-to-continuous-tp23020769p23020769.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
check R FAQ 7.10 Best, Dimitris joewest wrote:> Hi > > I am really struggling with changing my factors into continuous variables. > There is plenty of information on changing continuous to a factor which is > the opposite of what i need to do. I would be soooooo grateful for any help > > Thanks > > Joe-- Dimitris Rizopoulos Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics Erasmus University Medical Center Address: PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands Tel: +31/(0)10/7043478 Fax: +31/(0)10/7043014
FAQ 7.11: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-do-I-convert-factors-to-numeric_003f On Apr 13, 2009, at 7:01 AM, joewest wrote:> > Hi > > I am really struggling with changing my factors into continuous > variables. > There is plenty of information on changing continuous to a factor > which is > the opposite of what i need to do. I would be soooooo grateful for > any helpDavid Winsemius, MD Heritage Laboratories West Hartford, CT
Hi, You'll need to be more specific about the nature of your problem. Could you describe what exactly you're trying to do and why you need to transform factors into continuous variables? Could you also provide a small subsample of the data you're working with? Without such information, I doubt that even the most knowledgeable specialists of R might be able to provide meaningful assistance. Best of luck, Luc joewest wrote:> Hi > > I am really struggling with changing my factors into continuous variables. > There is plenty of information on changing continuous to a factor which is > the opposite of what i need to do. I would be soooooo grateful for any help > > Thanks > > Joe >