md.eval: md.eval

In missDeaths: Simulating and Analyzing Time to Event Data in the Presence of Population Mortality

Description

Creates information of a covariate that is calculated (from other covariates) by evaluating a specified formula. This function call must be added to the md.simparams object.

Usage

md.eval(name, eval, center = Inf, invisible = FALSE)

Arguments

name	name of the covariate
eval	string specifying the formula to calculate the covariate
center	expected value of the calculated covariate
invisible	specifies whether the calculated covariate is included in the simulated dataset

Examples

## Not run: 
library(missDeaths)

sim = md.simparams() +
    md.uniform("birth", as.Date("1915-1-1"), as.Date("1930-1-1")) +
      md.uniform("start", as.Date("2000-1-1"), as.Date("2005-1-1")) +
          md.eval("age", "as.numeric(start - birth)/365.2425", 80, FALSE)

## End(Not run)

missDeaths documentation built on Oct. 23, 2020, 6:39 p.m.