describeFactors: Describes factor variables

In Gmisc: Descriptive Statistics, Transition Plots, and More

Describes factor variables

Description

A function that returns a description of proportions in a factor that contains the number of times a level occurs and the percentage

Usage

describeFactors(
  x,
  html = TRUE,
  digits = 1,
  digits.nonzero = NA,
  number_first = TRUE,
  useNA = c("ifany", "no", "always"),
  useNA.digits = digits,
  horizontal_proportions,
  percentage_sign = TRUE,
  language = "en",
  ...
)

Arguments

x	The variable that you want the statistics for
html	If HTML compatible output should be used. If FALSE it outputs LaTeX formatting
digits	The number of decimals used
digits.nonzero	The number of decimals used for values that are close to zero
number_first	If the number should be given or if the percentage should be presented first. The second is encapsulated in parentheses (). This is only used together with the useNA variable.
useNA	This indicates if missing should be added as a separate row below all other. See table for useNA-options. Note: defaults to ifany and not "no" as table does.
useNA.digits	The number of digits to use for the missing percentage, defaults to the overall digits.
horizontal_proportions	Is only active if useNA since this is the only case of a proportion among continuous variables. This is default NULL and indicates that the proportions are to be interpreted in a vertical manner. If we want the data to be horizontal, i.e. the total should be shown and then how these differ in the different groups then supply the function with the total number in each group, i.e. if done in a by manner as in getDescriptionStatsBy it needs to provide the number before the by() command.
percentage_sign	If you want to suppress the percentage sign you can set this variable to FALSE. You can also choose something else that the default % if you so wish by setting this variable. Note, this is only used when combined with the missing information.
language	The ISO-639-1 two-letter code for the language of interest. Currently only english is distinguished from the ISO format using a ',' as the separator in the txtInt function.
...	Passed on to txtInt

Value

A string formatted for printing either latex by HTML

See Also

getDescriptionStatsBy

Other descriptive functions: describeMean(), describeMedian(), describeProp(), getDescriptionStatsBy(), getPvalWilcox()

Examples

set.seed(1)
describeFactors(sample(50, x = c("A", "B", "C"), replace = TRUE))

n <- 500
my_var <- factor(sample(size = n, x = c("A", "B", "C", NA), replace = TRUE))
my_exp <- rbinom(n = n, size = 1, prob = 0.2)
total <- table(my_var, useNA = "ifany")
by(my_var,
  INDICES = my_exp,
  FUN = describeFactors,
  useNA = "ifany",
  horizontal_proportions = total
)

Gmisc documentation built on Aug. 26, 2023, 1:07 a.m.