smooth_pre_process: Pre process smoothing

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

Pre process smoothing

Description

Function pre-processes data for sending to smoothing function

Usage

smooth_pre_process(
  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

named list containing x,y,and k, which can be fed to smooth_dt

Examples

smooth_pre_process(brazil)

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