s.weight.from.metric {ldt}

Convert a Metric to Weight

Description

This function converts a metric to its weight equivalent.

Usage

s.weight.from.metric(value, metricName, minValue = 0)

Arguments

value

Numeric value of the metric.

metricName

Character string specifying the name of the metric. See get.search.metrics function for the list of available options.

minValue

A minimum value to be used for metrics with exponential weight formula.

Details

Given a collection of models for the data, a metric is not generally a metric of the relative quality of a model. This function converts the value of a metric to such a number. see get.search.metrics for more details.

The main purpose of exporting this statistics helper method is to show the inner calculations of the package.

Value

A numeric value representing the converted metric.

See Also

s.metric.from.weight

Examples

weight <- s.weight.from.metric(-3.4, "sic")
metric <- s.metric.from.weight(weight, "sic")