childsds (version 0.5)

sds,refs-method: calculates standard deviation scores according to a given reference

Description

calculates standard deviation scores according to a given reference

Usage

"sds"(object, item, sex, age, value)

Arguments

object

refs object

item

reference contained in object

sex

gender

age

age

value

numeric value which should transform into SDscore

Examples

data(who.ref)
sds(who.ref,item="height",sex="female",age=0,value=c(50,51,52,53))
sds(who.ref,item="weight",sex="female",age=0,value=c(2.5,3,3.5))
sds(who.ref,item="bmi",sex="male",age=c(10,11,12),value=c(14.5,15,19.5))