`table` & `prop.table`

Basics

table is a function used to build a contingency table, which is a table that shows counts for categorical data, from one or more categories. prop.table is a function that accepts table output, returning proportions of the counts.

Examples

How do I get the count of students by year in our `grades` data.frame?

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table(grades$year)

freshman    junior    senior sophomore
       1         4         2         3

How do I get the percentages of students in each year?

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prop.table(table(grades$year))

freshman    junior    senior sophomore
     0.1       0.4       0.2       0.3

How do I get a count of students in each grade broken down by sex?

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table(grades$year, grades$sex)

          F M
freshman  0 1
junior    2 2
senior    1 1
sophomore 1 2

How do I get the percentages of students in each grade broken down by sex?

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prop.table(table(grades$year, grades$sex))

            F   M
freshman  0.0 0.1
junior    0.2 0.2
senior    0.1 0.1
sophomore 0.1 0.2