simple.impute {useful}

simple.impute

Description

Generic function for simple imputation.

Usage

simple.impute(x, fun = median, ...)

Arguments

x

An object to be imputed

fun

The function with which to fill in missing values

...

Further arguments

Details

Provides the ability to simply impute data based on a simple measure such as mean or median. For more robust imputation see the packages Amelia, mice or mi.

Value

An object with the missing values imputed.

Author(s)

Jared P. Lander

Examples

theDF <- data.frame(A=1:10, B=1:10, C=1:10)
theDF[c(1, 4, 6), c(1)] <- NA
theDF[c(3, 4, 8), c(3)] <- NA

simple.impute(theDF$A)
simple.impute(theDF$A, mean)
simple.impute(theDF$A, constant(4))
simple.impute(theDF)
simple.impute(theDF, mean)
simple.impute(theDF, constant(4))