defineQuantitativeScaleMethod: Quantitative scale method definition

In miquelcaceres/VegX: Vegetation data in Veg-X

Quantitative scale method definition

Description

A general function to define a method for measurements in a quantitative scale of a given subject

Usage

defineQuantitativeScaleMethod(
  name,
  description,
  subject,
  unit,
  citationString = "",
  DOI = "",
  lowerLimit = -Inf,
  upperLimit = Inf
)

Arguments

name	String with the name of the method.
description	String describing the method.
subject	A string to identify the subject.
unit	A character describing measurement units.
citationString	A string with the bibliographic reference for the method.
DOI	A string with the DOI the resource related to citationString
lowerLimit	The lower limit of the quantitative scale, if defined.
upperLimit	The upper limit of the quantitative scale, if defined.

Value

an object of class VegXMethodDefinition

See Also

Other define measurement functions: defineOrdinalScaleMethod(), defineQualitativeScaleMethod(), predefinedMeasurementMethod()

Examples

defineQuantitativeScaleMethod(name = "Percent cover",
                              description = "Quantitative plant percent cover",
                              unit = "%",
                              subject = "plant cover",
                              lowerLimit = 0, upperLimit = 100)

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