scan (version 0.20)

fillmissingSC: Replacing missing measurement times in single-case data

Description

The fillmissingSC function replaces missing measurements in single-case data.

Usage

fillmissingSC(data, interpolation = "linear", na.rm = TRUE)

Arguments

data

A single-case data frame or a list of single-case data frames. See makeSCDF to learn about this format.

interpolation

Alternative options not yet included. Default is interpolation = "linear".

na.rm

If set TRUE, NA values are also interpolated. Default is na.rm = TRUE.

Value

A data frame (for each single-case) with missing data points interpolated. See makeSCDF to learn about the format of these data frames.

Details

This procedure is recommended if there are gaps between measurement times (e.g. MT: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... 8, 9) or explicitly missing values in your single-case data and you want to calculate overlap indices (overlapSC) or a randomization test (randSC).

See Also

outlierSC, truncateSC, makeSCDF, overlapSC, randSC, makesingleSC

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## In his study, Grosche (2011) could not realize measurements each single week for 
## all participants. During the course of 100 weeks, about 20 measurements per person 
## at different times were administered.

## Fill missing values in a single-case dataset with discontinuous measurement times
Grosche2011filled <- fillmissingSC(Grosche2011)
plotSC(c(Original = Grosche2011[2], Filled = Grosche2011filled[2]))

## Fill missing values in a single-case dataset that are NA
Maggie <- rSC(d.level = 1.0)
Maggie_n <- Maggie
replace.positions <- c(10,16,18)
Maggie_n[[1]][replace.positions,"values"] <- NA
Maggie_f <- fillmissingSC(Maggie_n)
plotSC(c("original" = Maggie, "missing" = Maggie_n, "interpolated" = Maggie_f),
       marks = list(positions = replace.positions))
# }