dummize_ipd {maicplus}R Documentation

Create dummy variables from categorical variables in an individual patient data (ipd)

Description

This is a convenient function to convert categorical variables into dummy binary variables. This would be especially useful if the variable has more than two factors. Note that the original variable is kept after a variable is dummized.

Usage

dummize_ipd(raw_ipd, dummize_cols, dummize_ref_level)

Arguments

raw_ipd

ipd data that contains variable to dummize

dummize_cols

vector of column names to binarize

dummize_ref_level

vector of reference level of the variables to binarize

Value

ipd with dummized columns

Examples

data(adsl_twt)
dummize_ipd(adsl_twt, dummize_cols = c("SEX"), dummize_ref_level = c("Male"))


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