June 2017
Beginner to intermediate
576 pages
15h 22m
English
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Changing a variable to another type
If you examine the preceding str() output, you will also see that Length.of.Stay is currently defined as a factor. This will need to be transformed to a new variable by using the as.integer function. Transform it to an integer, and code a str() and summary() function to ensure that the transformation is correct:
los.int <- as.integer(Length.of.Stay)head(los.int)summary(los.int)