Statistical Programme R- using one category of continous data?

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I'm using R, trying to use data I've been given to plot a boxplot. One of the categories is "sex", with (obviously) either "M" or "F". How do I exclude females, so I can use the male data to create a boxplot? I'm new to R, any help would be appreciated!

EDIT: Okay, I managed to make a vector(??) only including male data using newdata<-subset(olympic, sex=="M"). Now how do I do the same but with two subsets of a different category of continous data? Is it similar notation? (E.g. say the category is "hair" with different colours, and I want "blonde" and "ginger")

See [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example) on how to make a reproducible example — David Arenburg, Apr 04 '16 at 09:54
Okay thank you! I just want two boxplots plotted simultaneously, so I'll just use the same method as before. — whereismymind96, Apr 04 '16 at 10:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '16 at 09:53

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try to boxplot on male_data

male_data <- data[data$sex == "M",]

answered Apr 04 '16 at 09:53

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Zheyuan Li · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-04T10:05:02.337

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Use boxplot(, subset = )

I don't have data, so only direct you to subset argument.

I think as a general guideline, check documentation page of an R function first before asking on SO. R functions, especially those producing summary plots, are very powerful as they often have many arguments offering very flexible options. See `?boxplot' in this case.

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answered Apr 04 '16 at 09:54

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Statistical Programme R- using one category of continous data?

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