add_monthly_covariates: Function to add covariate data to a dataframe

In leslie-huang/MApkg: Helper Functions for Sentiment Analysis of FARC negotiations

Description

This function performs a merge of monthly covariate data into a dataframe with day-level observations. E.g. I have multiple observations from January 2012 and I want to add the monthly January covariate data to each of those observations.

Usage

add_monthly_covariates(target_df, monthly_data)

Arguments

target_df	Target dataframe with day-level observations, where "date" is the last column
monthly_data	Dataframe of covariates, recorded on a monthly basis on the 1st day of each month, where "date" is the last column

Examples

add_monthly_covariates(FARC_results, monthly_viol)

leslie-huang/MApkg documentation built on May 21, 2019, 5:11 a.m.