binarize: Binarize a data frame into a super-indicator matrix

In gastonstat/DiscriMiner: Tools of the Trade for Discriminant Analysis

Description

Convert a data frame with factors into a super-indicator matrix (a.k.a. complete disjunctive table from the french tableau disjonctive complete)

Usage

  binarize(variables)

Arguments

variables

data frame with categorical variables (coded as factors)

Value

A super-indicator matrix of binary data

Author(s)

Gaston Sanchez

References

Lebart L., Piron M., Morineau A. (2006) Statistique Exploratoire Multidimensionnelle. Dunod, Paris.

See Also

easyMCA

Examples

## Not run: 
  # load insurance cars dataset
  data(insurance)

  # super-indicator matrix of binary data
  bin_insure = binarize(insurance[,-1])
  head(bin_insure)
  
## End(Not run)

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