normalize: Normalize numeric variables

In Rkabacoff/qacr: Functions to Facilitate Data Science Projects

Description

Normalize the numeric variables in a data frame

Usage

normalize(data, new_min = 0, new_max = 1)

Arguments

data	a data frame.
new_min	minimum for the transformed variables.
new_max	maximum for the transformed variables.

Details

normalize transforms all the numeric variables in a data frame to have the same minimum and maximum values. By default, this will be a minimum of 0 and maximum of 1. Character variables and factors are left unchanged.

Value

a data frame

Note

Use this function to be transform variables into a given range. The default is [0, 1], but [-1, 1], [0, 100], or any other range is permissible.

Examples

head(cars74)

cars74_st <- normalize(cars74)
head(cars74_st)

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