Transform a quantitative variable into a qualitative variable

This function transforms a quantitative variable into a qualitative one by breaking it into classes with the same frequencies.

quant.cut(var, nbclass, include.lowest = TRUE, right = FALSE, dig.lab = 5, ...)

Arguments

var

variable to transform

nbclass

number of classes

include.lowest

argument passed to the cut function

right

argument passed to the cut function

dig.lab

argument passed to the cut function

...

arguments passed to the cut function

Value

The result is a factor.

Details

This is just a simple wrapper around the cut and quantile functions.

See also

cut, quantile

Examples

data(iris)
sepal.width3cl <- quant.cut(iris$Sepal.Width,3)
table(sepal.width3cl)
#> sepal.width3cl
#>   [2,2.9) [2.9,3.2) [3.2,4.4] 
#>        47        47        56