On 17/07/2008 9:47 PM, Murali K wrote:
Hello, I am a newcomer to R and therefore apologize for posting such a basic question. I am trying to multiply 2 matrices t(X1)%*%X1, where t(X1) is:
It's hard to say for sure, but it looks as though X1 really isn't a numeric matrix. The "ones" and "Shadow" entries on the left look like character or factor data.
To find out what X1 is, you can run str(X1). Duncan Murdoch
1 2 3 4 5 8 12 13 20 24 26 27 31 33 34 36 37 40 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 ones 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shadow 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 However, when I try to perform this operation, I obtain: Error in t(X1) %*% X1 : requires numeric matrix/vector arguments Can someone please tell me what I seem to be doing wrong? thanks. Sincerely, Murali Kuchibhotla Murali Kuchibhotla Department of Economics Iowa State University Office:75,Heady Phone:515-294-5452 [[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.
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