checkSimAlpha: Parse alpha value

In MSToolkit: The MSToolkit library for clinical trial design

Description

Parses an input alpha value to be used in numeric summary calculations

Usage

checkSimAlpha(alpha = 95)

Arguments

alpha

Alpha value to be parsed

Details

The function first checks that there is only 1 input. If character, the alpha is parsed and converted to a single numeric. If alpha is greater than 1, it is assumed to be on the [1,100] scale, and will be scaled onto the [0,1] scale If alpha is less than 0.5, it is assumed to tbe on the [0,.5] scale (ie. .05 instead of .95) and converted to the [.5, 1] scale

Value

A single numeric between .5 and 1

Author(s)

Mike K Smith [e-mail]

Examples

	checkSimAlpha("95%")
	checkSimAlpha(95)
	checkSimAlpha(5)

MSToolkit documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:30 p.m.