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Getting summary by group and overall using tidyverse


I am trying to find a way to get summary stats such as means by group and overall in one step using dplyr

#Data set-up
sex <- sample(c("M", "F"), size=100, replace=TRUE)
age <- rnorm(n=100, mean=20 + 4*(sex=="F"), sd=0.1)
dsn <- data.frame(sex, age)


library("tidyverse")

#Using dplyr to get means by group and overall
mean_by_sex <- dsn %>% 
  group_by(sex) %>% 
  summarise(mean_age = mean(age))

mean_all <- dsn %>% 
  summarise(mean_age = mean(age)) %>% 
  add_column(sex = "All")

#combining the results by groups and overall
final_result <- rbind(mean_by_sex, mean_all)
final_result  
#> # A tibble: 3 x 2
#>   sex   mean_age
#>   <fct>    <dbl>
#> 1 F         24.0
#> 2 M         20.0
#> 3 All       21.9
#This is the table I want but I wonder if is the only way to do this

Is there a way this in shorter step using group_by_at or group_by_all or a similar functions using tidyverse and dplyr Any help would be greatly appreciated


Solution

  • One option could perhaps be:

    dsn %>%
     group_by(sex) %>%
     summarise(mean_age = mean(age)) %>%
     add_row(sex = "ALL", mean_age = mean(dsn$age))
    
      sex   mean_age
      <fct>    <dbl>
    1 F         24.0
    2 M         20.0
    3 ALL       21.9