quant_groups: Split Continuous Variable into Quantile Groups

In dvmisc: Faster Computation of Common Statistics and Miscellaneous Functions

Description

Splits a continuous variable into quantiles groups. Basically combines quantile and cut into a single function.

Usage

quant_groups(x, groups = 5, ...)

Arguments

x	Numeric vector.
groups	Numeric value indicating how many quantile groups should be created.
...	Further arguments to pass to quantile or cut.

Value

Factor variable.

Examples

# Convert values from N(0, 1) into quintiles (i.e. 5 groups)
x <- rnorm(1000)
groups <- quant_groups(x, 5)
table(groups)

dvmisc documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:51 p.m.