ss_tscore: Compute T-score

In ABCDscores: Summary Scores of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

Compute T-score

Description

This function computes the T-score based on the given columns, and the provided T-score table.

Usage

ss_tscore(
  data,
  data_norm = NULL,
  vars,
  name = "tscore",
  max_na = NULL,
  exclude = NULL,
  col_age = "age",
  col_sex = "sex",
  combine = TRUE
)

Arguments

data	tbl. Data frame containing the columns to be summarized.
data_norm	tbl. Data frame containing the T-score table. See details.
vars	character vector. The names of the columns to be summarized.
name	character. The column name of the T-score.
max_na	numeric, positive whole number. Number of missing items allowed (Default: NULL; no restriction on missing values).
exclude	character (vector). The value(s) to be excluded (Default: NULL; all values are used).
col_age	character. The name of the age column.
col_sex	character The name of sex column.
combine	logical. Whether to combine the summary score column with the input data frame (Default: TRUE).

Details

T-score table

The data_norm should be a data frame containing the T-score table. The default value NULL is only used for internal usage (see below). For normal usage, the data_norm should be provided.

The table should have the following columns:

• sex: character or factor both ok. The biological sex of the participant. The values should be either "1" (male) or "2" (female).

• age_min: numeric. The minimum age of the participant.

• age_max: numeric. The maximum age of the participant.

• scale_r: numeric. The raw score of the scale.

• scale_t: numeric. The T-score of the scale.

For example

A tibble: n x 5

sex	age_min	age_max	scale_r	scale_t
⁠<chr>⁠	⁠<dbl>⁠	⁠<dbl>⁠	⁠<dbl>⁠	⁠<dbl>⁠
1	18	35	50	1
1	18	35	50.5	2
1	18	35	51	3
1	18	35	51.5	4
...

out-range values

• If the age of the participant is out of the range of the T-score table, the function will return NA.

• If the raw score is out of the range of the T-score table, the function will return NA.

• If any of the sex column is not "1" or "2", the function will return NA.

• If any of the required columns has NA, that row will return NA.

Internal usage

When used in DSM internally, the data_norm can be omitted. Instead, the function will try to find the T-score table from the list_tscore option, and tries to find the tscore list based on object name provided in the list_tscore option. Once the object is found, the function will automatically extract the T-score table based on the function name.

• The list_tscore object should present in the global environment.

• See get_tscore_tbl() for more details on how to construct the list_tscore.

For example

my_tscore <<- readRDS("aseba_tscore.rds")
options(list_tscore = "my_tscore")
compute_mh_x_yyyy_zz_tscore(data)

Value

tbl. The input data frame with the T-score appended as a new column if combine is TRUE, otherwise only the T-score column.

Examples

data_norm <- tibble::tibble(
  sex = c("1", "1", "1", "1", "1"),
  age_min = 18,
  age_max = 35,
  scale_r = 0:4,
  scale_t = 20:24
)
data <- tibble::tibble(
  var1 = c(0, 1, NA, 1, 2),
  var2 = c(1, 2, 1, 2, 5),
  age = c(18, 20, 25, 99, 35),
  sex = c("1", "1", "1", "1", "1")
)
ss_tscore(
  data = data,
  data_norm = data_norm,
  max_na = 0,
  vars = c("var1", "var2")
)

ABCDscores documentation built on Sept. 11, 2025, 5:08 p.m.