The get_reference()
function selects the D-score reference
distribution.
get_reference(population = "gcdg", references = dscore::builtin_references)
A string describing the population. Currently supported
are "dutch"
and "gcdg"
(default).
A data.frame
with the same structure
as builtin_references
. The default is to use
builtin_references
.
A data.frame
with the LMS reference values.
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