Export describe.by (package psych) as csv file in R

describe.by, psych, r

Solution

Function `describeBy()` (this should be used instead of `descrive.by()` that is deprecated) produces list of data frame and therefore can't be written to file with `write.table()`.

library(psych)    
estatistica <- describeBy(pag,list(pag$Jogo))
estatistica

: A
       var n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
Jogo*    1 3 1.00 0.00      1    1.00 0.00   1   1     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
Pais*    2 3 2.00 1.00      2    2.00 1.48   1   3     2 0.00    -2.33 0.58
Numero   3 3 2.67 2.89      1    2.67 0.00   1   6     5 0.38    -2.33 1.67
-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
: B
       var n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
Jogo*    1 3 2.00 0.00      2    2.00 0.00   2   2     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
Pais*    2 3 2.00 1.00      2    2.00 1.48   1   3     2 0.00    -2.33 0.58
Numero   3 3 3.33 3.21      2    3.33 1.48   1   7     6 0.34    -2.33 1.86

To solve this problem one way would be to put all list elements into one data frame with `do.call()` and `rbind()` and then write to file. This will make data frame where group names will be added before original variable names.

estatistica2<-do.call("rbind",estatistica)
estatistica2

         var n mean   sd median trimmed  mad min max range skew kurtosis   se
A.Jogo*    1 3 1.00 0.00    1.0    1.00 0.00   1   1     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
A.Pais*    2 3 2.00 1.00    2.0    2.00 1.48   1   3     2 0.00    -2.33 0.58
A.Numero   3 3 2.67 2.89    1.0    2.67 0.00   1   6     5 0.38    -2.33 1.67
B.Jogo*    1 3 2.00 0.00    2.0    2.00 0.00   2   2     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
B.Pais*    2 3 2.00 1.00    2.0    2.00 1.48   1   3     2 0.00    -2.33 0.58
B.Numero   3 3 3.33 3.21    2.0    3.33 1.48   1   7     6 0.34    -2.33 1.86
C.Jogo*    1 2 3.00 0.00    3.0    3.00 0.00   3   3     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
C.Pais*    2 2 2.50 0.71    2.5    2.50 0.74   2   3     1 0.00    -2.75 0.50
C.Numero   3 2 1.50 0.71    1.5    1.50 0.74   1   2     1 0.00    -2.75 0.50
D.Jogo*    1 2 4.00 0.00    4.0    4.00 0.00   4   4     0  NaN      NaN 0.00
D.Pais*    2 2 2.50 0.71    2.5    2.50 0.74   2   3     1 0.00    -2.75 0.50
D.Numero   3 2 3.50 0.71    3.5    3.50 0.74   3   4     1 0.00    -2.75 0.50

Problem

Does anyone know how to export describe.by statistics to csv in R? I get this message: ``` estatistica <- describe.by(pag,list(pag$Jogo) write.table(estatistica,file="H:/Myfile.csv",sep=",") "Erro em as.data.frame.default(x[[i]], optional = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = stringsAsFactors) : cannot coerce class ""by"" to a data.frame" ``` Since its such a general question, a general example would do. ``` Jogo Pais Numero A Canada 1 B Canada 2 C Canada 1 D Canada 4 A Brazyl 6 B Brazyl 7 A France 1 B France 1 C France 2 D France 3 ```

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