read: Read data into structures (internal)

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Read data into structures (internal)

Description

Creates an NpdeData object containing the observed data, either from disk or from a dataframe

Usage

read(object, dat, detect=TRUE, verbose=FALSE, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'NpdeData'
read(object, dat, detect = TRUE, verbose = FALSE, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'NpdeSimData'
read(object, dat, detect = FALSE, verbose = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

object

an object

dat

a dataframe containing the data to be analysed

detect

a boolean; if TRUE, automatic recognition of names will be attempted to detect necessary items for a NpdeData, these include longitudinal data structure, missing data and censoring information for a NpdeSimData, the required columns should be called idsim, xsim, ysim, representing respectively simulated id, simulated predictor and simulated response

verbose

a boolean; messages are printed if verbose is TRUE (defaults to FALSE)

...

additional arguments for compatibility with generic

Value

an object of class "NpdeData" or "NpdeSimData"


npde documentation built on May 29, 2024, 9:59 a.m.