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validate_sdtm: Validate SDTM Compliance

Description

Validates a data frame against a specific SDTM domain specification. Checks for missing required/expected variables, data type mismatches, and non-standard variables.

Usage

validate_sdtm(df, domain)

Value

A data frame with validation results containing columns:

category

Character: validation issue type

variable

Character: variable name

message

Character: issue description

severity

Character: "ERROR", "WARNING", or "INFO"

Arguments

df

A data frame to validate.

domain

Character string specifying the SDTM domain code (e.g., "DM", "AE", "VS").

Details

Severity levels:

  • ERROR: Required variable is missing

  • WARNING: Expected variable is missing or data type mismatch detected

  • INFO: Non-standard variable present or variable information