mean data frame columns by group R
d <- read.table(text=
'Name Month Rate1 Rate2
Aira 1 12 23
Aira 2 18 73
Aira 3 19 45
Ben 1 53 19
Ben 2 22 87
Ben 3 19 45
Cat 1 22 87
Cat 2 67 43
Cat 3 45 32', header=TRUE)
aggregate(d[, 3:4], list(d$Name), mean)
Group.1 Rate1 Rate2
1 Aira 16.33333 47.00000
2 Ben 31.33333 50.33333
3 Cat 44.66667 54.00000