smooth_outcome: Get a smoothed outcome

In lmullany/rawcoviddata: Provides function for pulling publicly available covid data

Get a smoothed outcome

Description

Function is a wrapped around smooth_pre_process and smooth_dt

Usage

smooth_outcome(
  dt,
  xvar = "Date",
  yvar = "Confirmed",
  knot_interval = 21,
  family = c("poisson", "gaussian")
)

Arguments

dt	data frame containing the data to be smoothed
xvar	string name of column in dt containing xvar, default is "Date"
yvar	string name of column in dt containng yvar, default is "Confirmed"
knot_interval	how frequently should the nots be placed? default is 21, which in the case of plotting daily covid data, represents one knot every 3 weeks
family	string indicating family, must be either "poisson" (default) or "gaussian"

Value

vector of smoothed predictions

Examples

smooth_outcome(brazil)

lmullany/rawcoviddata documentation built on March 21, 2023, 10:04 a.m.