check_data: Checks the Dataset and sets attributes on it for use in...

In laderast/burro: Shiny App Package for setting up a data exploration session ("burro"w into the data)

Description

Checks the Dataset and sets attributes on it for use in explore_data

Usage

check_data(dataset, covariates = NULL, outcome_var = NULL)

Arguments

dataset	dataset
covariates	optional. Character vector containing columns to subset dataset to. If NULL, then all columns will be used.
outcome_var	optional. Character vector containing columns of outcome. These columns must be factors or characters. If NULL, all categorical variables are used as possible outcomes

Value

data.table with the following attributes: outcome_var (validated outcomes),

Examples

library(ggplot2)
data(diamonds)
diamond_frame <- check_data(diamonds, outcome_var=c("cut"))
attr(diamond_frame, "categoricalVars")
attr(diamond_frame, "numericVars")
attr(diamond_frame, "outcome_var")

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