dummies_example

A dataset containing Census results from the American
Community Survey 2015

datasets

Creates dummy columns from columns that have categorical variables (character or factor types). You can also specify which columns to make dummies out of, or which columns to ignore. This package provides a significant speed increase from creating dummy variables through model.matrix().

Jacob Kaplan

fastDummies

Fast Creation of Dummy (Binary) Columns from Categorical
Variables

Benjamin Schlegel

dummies_example function

A data frame with 100,000 rows and 17 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>YEAR</dt><dd>Year of the survey</dd>
 <dt>STATEFIP</dt><dd>FIPS ID for the state</dd>
 <dt>COUNTYFIPS</dt><dd>FIPS ID for the county</dd>
 <dt>OWNERSHP</dt><dd>Respondent's ownership status for their home</dd>
 <dt>PERWT</dt><dd>Survey weight for the respondent</dd>
 <dt>NCHILD</dt><dd>Number of children in the home</dd>
 <dt>SEX</dt><dd>Sex of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>AGE</dt><dd>Age of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>MARST</dt><dd>Marital status of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>RACE</dt><dd>Race of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>HISPAN</dt><dd>If the respondent is hispanic</dd>
 <dt>BPL</dt><dd>Birthplace of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>EDUC</dt><dd>Education of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>EMPSTAT</dt><dd>Employment status of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>FTOTINC</dt><dd>Family yearly income</dd>
 <dt>POVERTY</dt><dd>If they are below the poverty line</dd>
 <dt>MOVEDIN</dt><dd>When the respondent moved into their home</dd>
</dl>

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United States Census data for 2015 — dummies_example

A data frame with 100,000 rows and 17 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>YEAR</dt><dd>Year of the survey</dd>
 <dt>STATEFIP</dt><dd>FIPS ID for the state</dd>
 <dt>COUNTYFIPS</dt><dd>FIPS ID for the county</dd>
 <dt>OWNERSHP</dt><dd>Respondent's ownership status for their home</dd>
 <dt>PERWT</dt><dd>Survey weight for the respondent</dd>
 <dt>NCHILD</dt><dd>Number of children in the home</dd>
 <dt>SEX</dt><dd>Sex of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>AGE</dt><dd>Age of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>MARST</dt><dd>Marital status of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>RACE</dt><dd>Race of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>HISPAN</dt><dd>If the respondent is hispanic</dd>
 <dt>BPL</dt><dd>Birthplace of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>EDUC</dt><dd>Education of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>EMPSTAT</dt><dd>Employment status of the respondent</dd>
 <dt>FTOTINC</dt><dd>Family yearly income</dd>
 <dt>POVERTY</dt><dd>If they are below the poverty line</dd>
 <dt>MOVEDIN</dt><dd>When the respondent moved into their home</dd>
</dl>

dummies_example: United States Census data for 2015

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