[R] pooling categories in a table

[Robin Hankin]

Peter Dalgaard writes:

> 
>  data(UCBAdmissions)
>  DF <- as.data.frame(UCBAdmissions)
>  DF$Dept <- factor(c(1,2,2,3,4,5)[DF$Dept],
>      labels=c("A","B+C","D","E","F"))
>  xtabs(Freq~.,DF)
> 


This is simply brilliant.  I found it very very instructive; any
chance of adding it to the examples section of xtabs()' help file?




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