explore {elect}

Data statistics for an age-dependent model

Description

Data statistics that are important for fitting an age-dependent multi-state model. Basic summaries and additional information on the age distribution in the data

Usage

explore(data = NULL, id = NULL, state = NULL, age = NULL,
        digits = 3, HIST = TRUE, hist.col = c("green","red",
        "blue"), INFO = FALSE)

Arguments

data

Data frame with variables id, state, and age

id

Identifier. Specify if data is not provided

state

State variable. Specify if data is not provided

age

Age or transformed age. Specify if data is not provided

digits

Number of digits in the output

HIST

TRUE for histograms of the age distribution. FALSE otherwise

hist.col

Colours for the three histograms of the age distribution

INFO

TRUE for returning a list which links id with time intervals between the subsequent records. FALSE otherwise

Value

intervals

Data frame with variables interval.length and corresponding id (when INFO = TRUE)

Author(s)

Ardo van den Hout. With thanks to Ying Lou.

Examples

explore(electData)