entropy: Compute entropy of a categorical variable
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entropy R Documentation
Compute entropy of a categorical variable
Description
Computes the entropy of a categorical variable, with optional normalisation.
Usage
entropy(x, normalise = TRUE)
Arguments
x
A character vector representing observed categorical values.
normalise
Logical. If TRUE, entropy is normalised to range from 0 to 1. If FALSE, returns raw Shannon entropy.
Value
A numeric value representing the entropy of x.
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Compute entropy of a categorical variable
Description
Computes the entropy of a categorical variable, with optional normalisation.
Usage
entropy(x, normalise = TRUE)
Arguments
x |
A character vector representing observed categorical values. |
normalise |
Logical. If |
Value
A numeric value representing the entropy of x.
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