similar_number: Numeric similarity comparison class

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Numeric similarity comparison class

Description

similar_number is an S3 class for numeric similarity comparisons.

Usage

similar_number(scores, summary, methods, list_names, raw_values, digits = 3)

Arguments

scores	List of similarity scores per method and comparison
summary	Summary statistics by method and comparison
methods	Character vector of methods used for comparison
list_names	Character vector of names for the compared lists
raw_values	List of raw numeric values being compared
digits	Number of digits to round results (default: 3)

Details

This class extends the similar class and implements numeric data-specific similarity comparison methods.

Value

An object of class "similar_number" (which inherits from "similar") containing:

• scores: List of numeric similarity scores per method and comparison

• summary: Summary statistics by method and comparison

• methods: Character vector of numeric comparison methods used (exact, percent, normalized, fuzzy, exp, raw)

• list_names: Character vector of names for the compared numeric lists

• digits: Number of digits to round results in output

• raw_values: List of raw numeric values that were compared

The numeric similarity scores are normalized values between 0 and 1, where 1 indicates identical numbers and 0 indicates maximally different numbers based on the specific method used. The exception is the "raw" method, which returns the absolute difference between values.

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