[R] Newbie Correspondence Analysis Question

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Vik,
You need to load the CA package first:

library(CA)

-Ista

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Vik Rubenfeld <vikr at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I'm experienced in statistics, but I am a first-time R user.  I would like to use R for correspondence analysis.  I have installed R (Mac OSX). I have used the package installer to install the CA package.  I have run the following line with no errors to read in the data for a table:
>
>        NonLuxury <- read.table("/Users/myUserName/Desktop/nonLuxury.data.txt")
>
> The R online help appears to suggest that the following line should come next:
>
>        > corresp(NonLuxury)
>
> However, I get the error message:
>
>        Error: could not find function "corresp"
>
> The CA manual appears to suggest that the following line should come next:
>
>        > ca(NonLuxury)
>
> Again, I get the error message:
>
>        Error: could not find function "ca"
>
> What am I missing? Thanks very much in advance to all for any info.
>
>
> -Vik
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