Basic descriptive statistics
This function prints a basic descriptive statistic, including variable labels.
descr(
x,
...,
max.length = NULL,
weights = NULL,
show = "all",
out = c("txt", "viewer", "browser"),
encoding = "UTF-8",
file = NULL
)x |
A vector or a data frame. May also be a grouped data frame (see 'Note' and 'Examples'). |
... |
Optional, unquoted names of variables that should be selected for
further processing. Required, if |
max.length |
Numeric, indicating the maximum length of variable labels
in the output. If variable names are longer than |
weights |
Bare name, or name as string, of a variable in |
show |
Character vector, indicating which information (columns) that describe
the data should be returned. May be one or more of |
out |
Character vector, indicating whether the results should be printed
to console ( |
encoding |
Character vector, indicating the charset encoding used
for variable and value labels. Default is |
file |
Destination file, if the output should be saved as file.
Only used when |
A data frame with basic descriptive statistics.
data may also be a grouped data frame (see group_by)
with up to two grouping variables. Descriptive tables are created for each
subgroup then.
data(efc)
descr(efc, e17age, c160age)
efc$weights <- abs(rnorm(nrow(efc), 1, .3))
descr(efc, c12hour, barthtot, weights = weights)
library(dplyr)
efc %>% select(e42dep, e15relat, c172code) %>% descr()
# show just a few elements
efc %>% select(e42dep, e15relat, c172code) %>% descr(show = "short")
# with grouped data frames
efc %>%
group_by(e16sex) %>%
select(e16sex, e42dep, e15relat, c172code) %>%
descr()
# you can select variables also inside 'descr()'
efc %>%
group_by(e16sex, c172code) %>%
descr(e16sex, c172code, e17age, c160age)
# or even use select-helpers
descr(efc, contains("cop"), max.length = 20)Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.