[R] select most frequent value in set of variables

Jim Lemon jim at bitwrit.com.au
Wed Aug 22 10:33:10 CEST 2012


On 08/20/2012 06:48 PM, Sam Dekeyser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to select the most frequent value level in a set of three variables.
>
> Three different observators have judged hair color in study subjects. Mostly they judge the same color, sometimes there is a slight difference. I want to know what most of the observators have chosen (so at least 2) from the 3 observations. E.g. If two out of three observators decide the hair is black, then it's likely not to be brown.
>
> Let's say that i have 3 variables: color1, color2, color3. Each have 4 possible levels (fair up to black, 1-4). I would like a new variable containing this 'most frequent judgement'.
>
> I have already searched through the knowledge base and many posts but I haven't found what I'm looking for.
>
> Is this possible?
>
Hi Sam,
Are you looking for the Mode function in the prettyR package?

Jim




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