desc.comp: Generate a Descriptive Table

In rSPARCS: Sites, Population, and Records Cleaning Skills

Generate a Descriptive Table

Description

Generate a comprehensive descriptive table with intergroup comparison.

Usage

desc.comp(data,variables,by,margin,avg.num,test.num)

Arguments

data	a data.frame containing the variables to be described and a group variable
variables	a numeric variable indicating the columns of variables to be described.
by	a number indicating the column of the group variable
margin	calculate the proportion for categorical variables by 1 (row) or 2 (column).
avg.num	"mean", describe continuous variables with mean and standard deviation; "median", describe continuous variables with median and interquantile range; otherwise, normal distribution test will be conducted, for normal distributed variables, "mean" will be used, otherwise, "median" will be used.
test.num	"metric", t test or anova will be used for intergroup comparison; "nonmetric", Wilcoxon rank sum test or Kruskal-Wallis test will be used; otherwise, normal distribution test will be conducted, for normal distributed variables, "metric" will be used, otherwise, "nonmetric" will be used.

Details

Not limited to hospital data, but also applicable to other surveillance data.

Value

A comprehensive descriptive table with statistics and P value for intergroup comparisons.

Examples

desc.comp(CO2,variables=2:5,by=1,margin=1)

rSPARCS documentation built on Nov. 21, 2023, 9:07 a.m.