CreateTrans {bayesmlogit}

Create Transition Vector

Description

A function used to create transition vectors with data in long format, which requires the dplyr package.

Usage

CreateTrans(ID, Age, State, Death, states)

Arguments

ID

A vector that specifies the ID for each subject.

Age

A vector that indicates each subject's age at this visit.

State

A vector or a factor that indicates the state for each subject at this visit.

Death

A vector that indicates whether the subject died or not at this visit.

states

The total number of states in our data.

Details

The rules for creating transitions can be found with ?lifedata. In essence, arrange the data in long format, including details about the present state at time t. This procedure will assist in generating a dataset in long format that captures transitions by utilizing states from both time t-1 and t.

Value

A vector that contains all transitions.

See Also

lifedata

Examples

ID <- rep(1:50, each = 5) 
Age <- rep(31:35, times = 50) 
State <- sample(1:5,size=250,replace=TRUE)  
Death <- rep(c(0,0,0,0,1),times=50)

Example <- data.frame(ID,Age,State,Death)

Example$trans <- CreateTrans(Example$ID,Example$Age, Example$State,Example$Death,states=6)