sjmisc (version 1.0.3)

is_nested: Check whether two factors are nested

Description

This function checks whether two factors are nested, i.e. if each category of the first factor co-occurs with only one category of the other.

Usage

is_nested(f1, f2)

Arguments

f1

a numeric vector or factor.

f2

a numeric vector or factor.

Value

• Logical, TRUE if factors are nested, FALSE otherwise.

References

Grace, K. The Difference Between Crossed and Nested Factors. http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/the-difference-between-crossed-and-nested-factors/{(web)}

See Also

is_crossed

Examples

# nested factors, each category of
# x appears in one category of y
x <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
y <- c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3)
# show distribution
table(x, y)
# check if nested
is_nested(x, y)
is_nested(y, x)

# not nested factors
x <- c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,2)
y <- c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,2,3)
# show distribution
table(x, y)
# check if nested
is_nested(x, y)
is_nested(y, x)