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makedummies

Create Dummy Variables from Categorical Data

v1.2.1 · Aug 4, 2019 · GPL-2

Description

Create dummy variables from categorical data. This package can convert categorical data (factor and ordered) into dummy variables and handle multiple columns simultaneously. This package enables to select whether a dummy variable for base group is included (for principal component analysis/factor analysis) or excluded (for regression analysis) by an option. 'makedummies' function accepts 'data.frame', 'matrix', and 'tbl' (tibble) class (by 'tibble' package). 'matrix' class data is automatically converted to 'data.frame' class.

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new 1.2.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.2.1 ← 1.2.0 diff Aug 3, 2019
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.2 diff Mar 2, 2019
updated 1.1.2 ← 1.1.1 diff Jul 27, 2018
updated 1.1.1 ← 1.1 diff Jun 22, 2018
updated 1.1 ← 1.0 diff Apr 5, 2018
new 1.0 Jan 1, 2017