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Proportion of data in a sample in R

I have a variable of vehicles:

vehicleType <- c("suv", "suv", "minivan", "car", "suv", "suv", "car", "car", "car", "car", "minivan", "car", "truck", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "minivan", "car", "suv", "minivan", "car", "minivan", "suv", "suv", "suv", "car", "suv", "car", "car", "suv", "truck", "truck", "minivan", "suv", "car", "truck", "suv", "suv", "car", "car", "car", "car", "suv", "car", "car", "car", "suv", "car", "car", "car", "truck", "car", "car", "suv", "suv", "minivan", "suv", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "minivan", "suv", "car", "car", "suv", "minivan", "car", "car", "car", "minivan", "minivan", "minivan", "car", "truck", "car", "car", "car", "suv", "suv", "suv", "car", "suv", "suv", "car", "suv", "car", "minivan", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car", "car")

How can I calculate the proportion of SUV's in the sample in R?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • We can use mean

    mean(vehicleType=="suv")
#[1] 0.26

    Or to find the proportions of all the elements, use prop.table

    prop.table(table(vehicleType))
#   vehicleType
#   car minivan     suv   truck 
#  0.55    0.13    0.26    0.06