continuous2ordinal_: Transform a continuous vector to ordinal vector through...

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continuous2ordinal_R Documentation

Transform a continuous vector to ordinal vector through cutoff function

Description

Discretize continuous x to ordinal z with k levels.

Usage

continuous2ordinal_(x, k = 2, by = "dist", qmin = 0.1, qmax = 0.9)

Arguments

x

continuous vector

k

number of ordinal levels. Generated ordinal vector takes value from 1,...,k

by

Select cut points by absolute values if 'dist' and by quantiles if 'quantile'

qmin

Cutoff points are slected in the range of 'qmin' and 'qmax' quantiles of the data 'x'

qmax

See 'qmin'.

Value

an ordinal vector.


udellgroup/mixedgcImp documentation built on Jan. 25, 2023, 7:55 p.m.