stats_calc {pbox}

Calculate Basic Statistics

Description

Computes basic statistics such as mean and median for specified variables in a data frame or data table based on a set of operations specified in the 'matches' data frame. This function updates the 'varSet' with the computed results for each variable.

Method implementation for calculating statistics using 'data.table' and 'stats'. This method allows the computation of mean and median for subsets of data defined in 'matches' and updates 'varSet' with these results.

Usage

stats_calc(data, matches, varSet)

## S4 method for signature 'ANY'
stats_calc(data, matches, varSet)

Arguments

data

A data frame or data table.

matches

A data frame describing the operations to apply.

varSet

A data frame to be updated with results.

Value

Returns a modified version of 'varSet' with updated values based on the calculations.