alterMean and alterSD are generic functions used to alter
means or standard deviations, respectively, based on the input object.
Each generic functions invokes different
methods which depend on the class of the
first argument.
# S4 method for ANY
alterMean(object, TRANSFORM, ...)
# S4 method for ANY
alterSD(object, TRANSFORM, ...)The form of the value returned by alterMean or alterSD
depends on the class of its argument. See the documentation of the particular methods for details of what is produced by that method.
an object for which altering mean or standard deviation is desired
function that returns its transformed input
additional arguments affecting the specific transformation performed
Kevin R. Coombes krc@silicovore.com, Jiexin Zhang jiexinzhang@mdanderson.org,