binaries: Convert categorical variable to several binary variables

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

Stacks up in columns the values of all the binary variables that can be associated with different levels of a categorical variable.

Usage

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Arguments

x

A categorical variable (either numeric or character).

Details

The name of each new variable is of the type v.x, where x is the level of the categorical variable for which this binary variable is equal to 1.

Value

A set of binary vectors, each having the value 1 for a unique level of x.

Author(s)

Debasis Sengupta <shairiksengupta@gmail.com>, Jinwen Qiu <qjwsnow_ctw@hotmail.com>

References

Sengupta and Jammalamadaka (2019), Linear Models and Regression with R: An Integrated Approach.

Examples

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x <- c(1,2,2,3,1,1,2,3,3,2,1)
binaries(x)
binaries(as.factor(x))

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