alterMean-method {Umpire}

Methods "alterMean" and "alterSD"

Description

alterMean and alterSD are generic functions used to alter means or standard deviations, respectively, based on the input object. Each generic functions invokes different methods which depend on the class of the first argument.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'ANY'
alterMean(object, TRANSFORM, ...)
## S4 method for signature 'ANY'
alterSD(object, TRANSFORM, ...)

Arguments

object

an object for which altering mean or standard deviation is desired

TRANSFORM

function that returns its transformed input

...

additional arguments affecting the specific transformation performed

Value

The form of the value returned by alterMean or alterSD depends on the class of its argument. See the documentation of the particular methods for details of what is produced by that method.

Author(s)

Kevin R. Coombes [e-mail], Jiexin Zhang [e-mail],