If we use mutate
, then we can avoid the left_join
library(dplyr)
df %>%
group_by(education) %>%
mutate(weighted_income = weighted.mean(income, weight))
# obs income education weight weighted_income
# <int> <int> <fctr> <int> <dbl>
#1 1 1000 A 10 1166.667
#2 2 2000 B 1 1583.333
#3 3 1500 B 5 1583.333
#4 4 2000 A 2 1166.667