fmsd: Compute the mean and the sd of a vector and format them to...

In Cogitos/statxp: Filter data, format and export statistical results

Description

A function to compute the mean and the standard deviation (sd) and return a formatted string as mean (sd) or as (mean +- sd) to be used a Markdown/LaTeX format according to the APA guidelines.

Usage

fmsd(data, pm = FALSE, toround = c(2, 1))

Arguments

data	A vector of values to used to compute the mean and the standard deviation (sd).
pm	A logical value to format the mean and the sd all in parentheses. Defaults to FALSE.
toround	A vector of length 2 to indicate how to round (1) the mean and (2) the standard deviation.

Value

Return a string reporting an inline mean and standard deviation (sd) according to the APA guideline.

Author(s)

Guillaume T. Vallet [e-mail], University of de Montreal (Canada);

See Also

faov, ftt

Examples

# Generate fake data:
data = rnorm(10, mean=555, sd=35)

# Formatting as mean (sd)
fmsd(data)

# Formatting as (mean +- sd)
fmsd(data, pm=T)    

# Formatting with no decimals
fmsd(data, toround=c(0,0))

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