no applicable method for 'group_by' applied to an object of class "function"

[Tsuki]

Hi,

I have a cvs file and want to run a randomised trial on it and generate a plot, but when running i've been getting an error in the group_by, see below. How do I fix this?

library(tidyverse)
chick_data_2022_03_22<-readr::read_csv
diff_in_means<-chick_data_2022_03_22 %>%

• group_by(growth_rate)%>%
• summarise(mean=mean(growth_rate))%>%
• summarise(diff=diff(mean))%>%as.numeric()

Error in UseMethod("group_by") :
no applicable method for 'group_by' applied to an object of class "function"

[Pathmes]

Looks like there’s an error in the second line -
readr::read_csv is not doing anything. I think it should be -
readr::read_csv(“name of csv file”)
You may have to include the path as well.

[jrmuirhead]

Hi @Tsuki and welcome to the community!

It's a little difficult to troubleshoot without a reproducible example of what your data look like. Take a look at FAQ: What's a reproducible example (`reprex`) and how do I create one? when you get a chance.

In addition to what @Pathmes has added, the summarise function may be getting confused where your newly created column names are the same as built-in function names.

Once you get the data read in correctly, I would try something like:

diff_in_means <- chick_data_2022_03_22 %>%
  group_by(growth_rate) %>%
  summarise(mean_growth = mean(growth_rate),
    diff_growth_rate = diff(mean_growth))

HTH