It represents the subset of the data frame partitioned by 'x$quiz'. On 10/22/07, Matthew Dubins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes!! That did it! > > Does .sub represent the different levels of the x$quiz indice? > > > > jim holtman wrote: > Is this what you were expecting?
> by(x, x$quiz, function(.sub) t.test(percent ~ group, data=.sub)) > x$quiz: 1 Welch Two Sample t-test data: percent by group t = 6.3228, df = > 6.231, p-value = 0.0006306 alternative hypothesis: true difference in means > is not equal to 0 95 percent confidence interval: 30.27235 67.94193 sample > estimates: mean in group High mean in group Low 92.85714 > 43.75000 ------------------------------------------------------------ x$quiz: > 2 Welch Two Sample t-test data: percent by group t = 1.591, df = 5.875, > p-value = 0.1638 alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not > equal to 0 95 percent confidence interval: -14.03856 65.46713 sample > estimates: mean in group High mean in group Low 65.71429 > 40.00000 ------------------------------------------------------------ x$quiz: > 3 Welch Two Sample t-test data: percent by group t = -0.1541, df = 3.506, > p-value = 0.886 alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not > equal to 0 95 percent confidence interval: -66.87207 60.20541 sample > estimates: mean in group High mean in group Low 71.66667 75.00000 > On 10/22/07, Matthew Dubins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Following please find *some* of my data. percent quiz group 100 1 > High 100 1 High 100 1 High 25 1 Low 50 1 Low 75 1 High 50 1 Low 75 1 > High 100 1 High 100 1 High 50 1 Low 60 2 High 20 2 High 100 2 High 60 2 > Low 40 2 Low 80 2 High 20 2 Low 60 2 High 40 2 High 100 2 High 90 3 > High 100 3 High 0 3 High 90 3 Low 80 3 High 60 3 Low 100 3 High 60 3 > High Here is the by command i used: by(percent, quiz, function(percent) > {t.test(percent~group, data=marks.long)}) Basically it gave me three of the > same t.tests based on the full data set, not the subsets (quiz 1, 2 and > 3). So far it seems like my method is more straightforward! Julian > Burgos wrote: > Could you post some of your data and your initial test, and explain why it > didn't worked? It is difficult to figure out what is the problem with your > call to by(). Julian Matthew Dubins wrote: > I've tried to use by(), but the closest i got to it doing what I wanted was > using the following: by(percent, quiz, function(percent) > {t.test(percent~group, data=marks.long)}) But the results it gave me > weren't t.tests of percent by group according to quiz number. Julian > Burgos wrote: > See by() Matthew Dubins wrote: > Hi all, I wrote a simple function that gives me multiple t.test > results according to a subset variable and am wondering whether or not > I reinvented the wheel. Observe: t.test.sub <- function (formula, data, > sub, ...) { for(i in 1:max(sub)) { print(t.test(formula, data = > subset(data, sub == i), ...)) } } Is there already a similar function in > some package? Thanks, Matthew > Dubins ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org > mailing > list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do > read the posting > guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and > provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version > deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org > mailing > list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do > read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide > commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.