create_method_assess: Specify methodological aspects of distribution fitting

In epiparameter: Classes and Helper Functions for Working with Epidemiological Parameters

Specify methodological aspects of distribution fitting

Description

A helper function when creating an ⁠<epiparameter>⁠ object to create a method assessment list with sensible defaults, type checking and arguments to help remember which method assessments can be accepted in the list.

Usage

create_method_assess(
  censored = NA,
  right_truncated = NA,
  phase_bias_adjusted = NA
)

Arguments

censored	A boolean logical whether the study used single or double interval censoring in the methods to infer the delay distribution
right_truncated	A boolean logical whether the study used right- truncation in the methods to infer the delay distribution
phase_bias_adjusted	A boolean logical whether the study adjusted for phase bias in the methods to infer the delay distribution

Details

Currently, the method assessment focuses on common methodological aspects of delay distributions (e.g. incubation period, serial interval, etc.), and does not currently take into account methodological aspects which may be important when fitting offspring distributions to data on disease (super)spreading.

Value

A named list with three elements

Examples

create_method_assess(
  censored = FALSE,
  right_truncated = FALSE,
  phase_bias_adjusted = FALSE
)

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