[R] cdplot error

[Peter Ehlers]

On 2011-08-02 21:52, wildernessness wrote:
> Fairly new at this.
> Trying to create a conditional density plot.
>
>> cdplot(status~harvd.l,data=phy)
> Error in cdplot.formula(status~harvd.l,data=phy):
> dependent variable should be a factor
>
> What does this error mean?  Status is a binary response of infestation (0/1)
> and harvd.l is the log of timber harvest density per catchment.

Your question suggests that have not looked at help(cdplot)
which clearly says just what the error message says and/or
you aren't aware that 'factor' has a specific meaning in R
in which case a look at chapter 4 of 'An Introduction to R'
likely would be profitable.

Peter Ehlers

>
> Thanks.
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