validate_input: Validate Input Data for Hedonic Index Calculation

In cbsREPS: Hedonic and Multilateral Index Methods for Real Estate Price Statistics

Validate Input Data for Hedonic Index Calculation

Description

This function checks whether the dataset contains all required variables, whether the dependent and continuous variables are numeric, and whether the period variable is formatted correctly (e.g., "2020Q1", "2020M01"). It ensures that the data is suitable for further processing in hedonic index calculations.

Usage

validate_input(
  dataset,
  period_variable,
  dependent_variable,
  continuous_variables,
  categorical_variables
)

Arguments

dataset	A data.frame containing the dataset to be validated.
period_variable	A string specifying the name of the period variable column.
dependent_variable	A string specifying the name of the dependent variable (usually the sale price).
continuous_variables	A character vector with names of numeric quality-determining variables.
categorical_variables	A character vector with names of categorical variables (including dummies).

Value

Returns TRUE invisibly if all checks pass. Otherwise, an error is thrown.

Author(s)

David Pietersz

cbsREPS documentation built on June 8, 2025, 9:38 p.m.