preProcessData: preProcessData

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s)

Description

preProcessData

Usage

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Arguments

brfss

Data frame of 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data

Details

This function preprocesses the BRFSS data for downstream analysis. The 2013 BRFSS data was reduced to ten variables of interest including:

An dichotomous variable was added to indicate whether a respsondent reported one or more chronic illnesses. Variables were renamed, dollar signs were removed and a range variable was added to capture the range of sick days reported in 5 day increments. #'

Value

brfss Data frame containing variables required for downstream analysis

Author(s)

John James, jjames@datasciencesalon.org


DataScienceSalon/chronic documentation built on May 8, 2019, 11:47 a.m.