coag.times _ scan() 62 63 68 56 60 67 66 62 63 71 71 60 59 64 67 61 65 68 63 66 68 64 63 59 diet _ factor(c(rep(LETTERS[1:4],4),rep(LETTERS[1:3],2),c("A","A"))) split(coag.times,diet) # check that the factor labels are right