Usage
aggCountry(aggVar, weightVar = rep(1, length(aggVar)),
year = "Year", data,
relationDF = FAOcountryProfile[, c("FAOST_CODE", "MOTHER_M49_CODE")],
aggMethod = rep("sum", length(aggVar)),
keepUnspecified = TRUE, unspecifiedCode = 0)Arguments
aggVar
The vector of names of variables which the
aggregation will be performed
weightVar
The weighting vector if the aggregation
method is weighted.mean. The vector should be the same
length as the arguement aggMethod.
year
The column which indexes the time.
data
The data frame for the collapse aggregation
to take place.
relationDF
A relational data.frame which specifies
the territory and the mother country. At least one column
or the first column must have the same name corresponding
to the data.
aggMethod
The method for aggregation, currently
supports sum, mean and weighted mean when the weights are
supplied.
keepUnspecified
It is common that certain
territories are not included in the classification in
particular the disputed regions. This option controls
whether these data are aggregated and kept as a seperate
entity.
unspecifiedCode
The output code of the unspecified
group.