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grand_mean_center: Grand-mean centering.

Description

Compute grand-mean centered variables. Usually used for GLM interaction-term predictors and HLM level-2 predictors.

Usage

grand_mean_center(data, vars = names(data), std = FALSE, add.suffix = "")

Value

A new data object containing the centered variable(s).

Arguments

data

Data object.

vars

Variable(s) to be centered.

std

Standardized or not. Default is FALSE.

add.suffix

The suffix of the centered variable(s). Default is "". You may set it to "_c", "_center", etc.

See Also

group_mean_center

Examples

Run this code
d = data.table(a=1:5, b=6:10)

d.c = grand_mean_center(d, "a")
d.c

d.c = grand_mean_center(d, c("a", "b"), add.suffix="_center")
d.c

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