binarize.factor {bsnsing}

Create Binary Features based on a Factor Vector

Description

Create binary dummy variables based on a factor variable. This function is used internally by binarize.

Usage

binarize.factor(x, name, y, segments = 10, bin.size = 5)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector.

name

a character string, the variable name of x.

y

a numeric or integer vector of the same length as x, consisting of two unique values: 0 and 1.

segments

a positive integer indicating the maximum number of levels allowed in the factor variable.

bin.size

a positive integer. It is the minimum number of observations required to fall into each bin.

Value

a data frame with binary (0 and 1) entries. The column names are indicative of the conditions used to form the corresponding columns.