numSummary: Mean, Standard Deviation, and Quantiles for Numeric Variables
Description
numSummary creates neatly formatted tables of means, standard deviations, and quantiles of numeric variables.
Usage
numSummary(data, statistics=c("mean", "sd", "quantiles"),
quantiles=c(0, .25, .5, .75, 1), groups)
## S3 method for class 'numSummary':
print(x, ...)
Arguments
data
a numeric vector, matrix, or data frame.
statistics
any of "mean", "sd", or "quantiles",
defaulting to all three.
quantiles
quantiles to report; default is c(0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1).
groups
optional variable, typically a factor, to be used to partition the data.
x
object of class "numSummary" to print.
...
arguments to pass down from the print method.
Value
numSummary returns an object of class "numSummary" containing the table of
statistics to be reported along with information on missing data, if there are any.