endemic_outliers: Modifies the historic incidence to handle with the...

In epiCo: Statistical and Viz Tools for Vector-Borne Diseases in Colombia

Modifies the historic incidence to handle with the observations of epidemic years

Description

Function that modifies an historic incidence by including, ignoring or replacing the observations of epidemic years

Usage

endemic_outliers(
  historic,
  outlier_years,
  outliers_handling,
  geometric_method = "shifted"
)

Arguments

historic	Historic incidence counts
outlier_years	A numeric vector with the outlier years
outliers_handling	A string with the handling decision regarding outlier years ignored = data from outlier years will not take into account included = data from outlier years will take into account replaced_by_median = data from outlier years will be replaced with the median and take into account replaced_by_mean = data from outlier years will be replaced with the mean and take into account replaced_by_geometric_mean = data from outlier years will be replaced with the geometric mean and take into account
geometric_method	A string with the selected method for geometric mean calculation; see: geometric_mean

Value

A modified historic incidence

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