[R] Error in cor.default(x1, x2) : missing observations in cov/cor

[Erik Iverson]

So you did have NAs in your data?

what do

 > any(is.na(x1))

and

 > any(is.na(x2))

give?



Ken Spriggs wrote:
> Thanks.  Your suggestion works. 
> 
> 
> Daniel Malter wrote:
>> Does the code below solve your problem? If you have NAs in the same rows,
>> you have to use "c" or "p" as use= parameters. Otherwise you get the error
>> you described.
>>
>>  a=c(1,2,3,4,NA,6)
>>  b=c(2,4,3,5,NA,7)
>>  
>>  which(is.na(a))==which(is.na(b))
>>  
>>  cor(a,b) ####Error
>>  cor(a,b,use="all.obs") ####Error
>>  
>>  cor(a,b,use="complete.obs") #### Does it. AND
>>  cor(a,b,use="pairwise.complete.obs") #### Does it too.
>>
>> -------------------------
>> cuncta stricte discussurus
>> -------------------------
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] Im
>> Auftrag von Ken Spriggs
>> Gesendet: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:34 PM
>> An: r-help at r-project.org
>> Betreff: [R] Error in cor.default(x1, x2) : missing observations in
>> cov/cor
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to do cor(x1,x2) and I get the following error:
>> Error in cor.default(x1, x2) : missing observations in cov/cor
>>
>> A few things:
>> 1.  I've used cor() many times and have never encountered this error.
>> 2.  length(x1) = length(x2)
>> 3.  is.numeric(x1) = is.numeric(x2) = TRUE
>> 4.  which(is.na(x1))  = which(is.na(x2)) = integer(0)   {the same goes for
>> is.nan()}
>> 5.  I also try cor(x1,x2, use = "all.obs") and get the same error.
>>
>> What can be going wrong?
>>
>>
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