How do I convert certain columns of a data frame to become factors?
May 10, 2018 · Using a factor will require that all values are mapped to IDs behind the scenes, so any print of your data.frame requires a lookup on those levels -- an extra step which takes time. Factors …
Why use as.factor () instead of just factor () - Stack Overflow
‘factor(x, exclude = NULL)’ applied to a factor without ‘NA’s is a no-operation unless there are unused levels: in that case, a factor with the reduced level set is returned. ‘as.factor’ coerces its argument to …
r - Changing factor levels with dplyr mutate - Stack Overflow
Jan 28, 2015 · 19 From my understanding, the currently accepted answer only changes the order of the factor levels, not the actual labels (i.e., how the levels of the factor are called). To illustrate the …
when to use factor () when plotting with ggplot in R?
Feb 25, 2013 · Is the general rule to use factor when the variable being used to determine the shape/size/colour is discrete, and not continuous? Or is there another use of factor in this context? It …
r - list all factor levels of a data.frame - Stack Overflow
Dec 28, 2014 · with dplyr::glimpse(data) I get more values, but no infos about number/values of factor-levels. Is there an automatic way to get all level informations of all factor vars in a data.frame?
r - How to convert a factor to integer\numeric without loss of ...
See the Warning section of ?factor: In particular, as.numeric applied to a factor is meaningless, and may happen by implicit coercion. To transform a factor f to approximately its original numeric values, …
Variance Inflation Factor in Python - Stack Overflow
I'm trying to calculate the variance inflation factor (VIF) for each column in a simple dataset in python: a b c d 1 2 4 4 1 2 6 3 2 3 7 4 3 2 8 5 4 1 9 4 I have ...
Pandas - make a column dtype object or Factor - Stack Overflow
In pandas, how can I convert a column of a DataFrame into dtype object? Or better yet, into a factor? (For those who speak R, in Python, how do I as.factor()?) Also, what's the difference between ...
How to force R to use a specified factor level as reference in a ...
You should do the data processing step outside of the model formula/fitting. When creating the factor from b you can specify the ordering of the levels using factor(b, levels = c(3,1,2,4,5)). Do this in a …
r - Re-ordering factor levels in data frame - Stack Overflow
Aug 24, 2013 · Re-ordering factor levels in data frame [duplicate] Asked 12 years, 3 months ago Modified 4 years, 3 months ago Viewed 256k times