inspect_bfactor_scale {inspector}

Validate Bayes factor interpretation scales

Description

inspect_bfactor_scale checks if an object is a character vector of length 1 that is eligible to represent one of the Bayes factor interpretation scales available in the pcal package. This can be useful to validate inputs in user-defined functions.

Usage

inspect_bfactor_scale(x)

Arguments

x

An arbitrary object.

Details

inspect_bfactor_scale conducts a series of tests to check if x is a character vector of length 1 that is eligible to represent one of the Bayes factor interpretation scales available in the pcal package. Namely, inspect_bfactor_scale checks if:

• x is NULL or empty.

• x is NA or NaN.

• x is an atomic vector of length 1

• The typeof x is character

• The value of x is either "Jeffreys" or "Kass-Raftery" (not case sensitive).

Value

inspect_bfactor_scale does not return any output. There are two possible scenarios:

• The call is silent if x is a character vector of length 1 that is eligible to represent one of the Bayes factor interpretation scales available in the pcal package.

• An informative error message is thrown otherwise.

See Also

• bfactor_interpret for the interpretation of Bayes factors.

• bfactor_log_interpret for the interpretation of the logarithms of Bayes factors.

• inspect_bfactor to check if an object is a numeric vector of valid Bayes factor values.

• inspect_bfactor_log to check if an object is a numeric vector of valid logarithmic Bayes factor values.

Examples

# Calls that pass silently:
x1 <- "Jeffreys"
x2 <- "jeffreys"
x3 <- "kass-raftery"
x4 <- "Kass-Raftery"
inspect_bfactor_scale(x1)
inspect_bfactor_scale(x2)
inspect_bfactor_scale(x3)
inspect_bfactor_scale(x4)

# Calls that throw informative error messages:
mylist <- list(
  NULL, NA, NaN, 10, "Bayes", "Jeff",
  "kassraftery", c("jeffreys", "kass-raftery")
)
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[1]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[2]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[3]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[4]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[5]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[6]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[7]]))
try(inspect_bfactor_scale(mylist[[8]]))