R/est-param-normal.R

In TidyDensity: Functions for Tidy Analysis and Generation of Random Data

#' Estimate Normal Gaussian Parameters
#'
#' @family Parameter Estimation
#' @family Gaussian
#'
#' @author Steven P. Sanderson II, MPH
#'
#' @details This function will attempt to estimate the normal gaussian mean and standard
#' deviation parameters given some vector of values.
#'
#' @description The function will return a list output by default, and  if the parameter
#' `.auto_gen_empirical` is set to `TRUE` then the empirical data given to the
#' parameter `.x` will be run through the `tidy_empirical()` function and combined
#' with the estimated normal data.
#'
#' Three different methods of shape parameters are supplied:
#' -  MLE/MME
#' -  MVUE
#'
#' @param .x The vector of data to be passed to the function.
#' @param .auto_gen_empirical This is a boolean value of TRUE/FALSE with default
#' set to TRUE. This will automatically create the `tidy_empirical()` output
#' for the `.x` parameter and use the `tidy_combine_distributions()`. The user
#' can then plot out the data using `$combined_data_tbl` from the function output.
#'
#' @examples
#' library(dplyr)
#' library(ggplot2)
#'
#' x <- mtcars$mpg
#' output <- util_normal_param_estimate(x)
#'
#' output$parameter_tbl
#'
#' output$combined_data_tbl %>%
#'   tidy_combined_autoplot()
#'
#' t <- rnorm(50, 0, 1)
#' util_normal_param_estimate(t)$parameter_tbl
#'
#' @return
#' A tibble/list
#'
#' @export
#'

util_normal_param_estimate <- function(.x, .auto_gen_empirical = TRUE) {

  # Tidyeval ----
  x_term <- as.numeric(.x)
  minx <- min(x_term)
  maxx <- max(x_term)
  m <- mean(x_term, na.rm = TRUE)
  n <- length(x_term)
  unique_terms <- length(unique(x_term))

  # Checks ----
  if (!is.vector(x_term, mode = "numeric")) {
    rlang::abort(
      message = "'.x' must be a numeric vector.",
      use_cli_format = TRUE
    )
  }

  if (n < 2 || unique_terms < 2) {
    rlang::abort(
      message = "'.x' must contain at least two non-missing distinct values",
      use_cli_format = TRUE
    )
  }

  # Get params ----
  # EnvStats
  es_mvue_sd <- stats::sd(x_term)
  es_mme_sd <- sqrt((n - 1) / n) * stats::sd(x_term)

  # Return Tibble ----
  if (.auto_gen_empirical) {
    te <- tidy_empirical(.x = x_term)
    td <- tidy_normal(.n = n, .mean = round(m, 3), .sd = round(es_mme_sd, 3))
    combined_tbl <- tidy_combine_distributions(te, td)
  }

  ret <- dplyr::tibble(
    dist_type = rep("Gaussian", 2),
    samp_size = rep(n, 2),
    min = rep(minx, 2),
    max = rep(maxx, 2),
    method = c("EnvStats_MME_MLE", "EnvStats_MVUE"),
    mu = c(m, m),
    stan_dev = c(es_mme_sd, es_mvue_sd),
    shape_ratio = c(m / es_mme_sd, m / es_mvue_sd)
  )

  # Return ----
  attr(ret, "tibble_type") <- "parameter_estimation"
  attr(ret, "family") <- "gaussian"
  attr(ret, "x_term") <- .x
  attr(ret, "n") <- n

  if (.auto_gen_empirical) {
    output <- list(
      combined_data_tbl = combined_tbl,
      parameter_tbl     = ret
    )
  } else {
    output <- list(
      parameter_tbl = ret
    )
  }

  return(output)
}