p_t.test: Conducts t-tests, with support for piping

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Conducts t-tests, with support for piping

Description

A wrapper function for t.test(), with the data argument listed first to support piping.

Usage

p_t.test(data, x = NULL, y = NULL, formula = NULL, ...)

Arguments

data	the data
x	one of two variables
y	one of two variables
formula	a formula
...	additional arguments passed to stats::t.test().

Value

an htest object

Examples

# load the data
data(nhanes)

# define smoking
nhanes<-nhanes |> transform(
  smoking=base_match(smq020,'No'=2,'History of smoking'=1)
)

# conduct a one-sample t-test
nhanes |> p_t.test(bpxosy1)

# conduct a two-sample t-test, using formula notation
nhanes |> p_t.test(bpxosy1~smoking)

# conduct a two-sample t-test, using formula notation
nhanes |> p_t.test(formula=bpxosy1~smoking)

# conduct a paired t-test, using x and y
nhanes |> p_t.test(bpxosy1,bpxosy2,paired=TRUE)

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