pubh (version 1.3.2)

estat: Descriptive statistics for continuous variables.

Description

estat calculates descriptives of numerical variables.

Usage

estat(object = NULL, formula = NULL, data = NULL, digits = 2, label = NULL)

Value

A data frame with descriptive statistics.

Arguments

object

When chaining, this holds an object produced in the earlier portions of the chain. Most users can safely ignore this argument. See details and examples.

formula

A formula with shape: ~ x or ~ x|z (for groups).

data

A data frame where the variables in the formula can be found.

digits

Number of digits for rounding (default = 2).

label

Label used to display the name of the variable (see examples).

See Also

summary, mytable.

Examples

data(kfm, package = "ISwR")
require(sjlabelled, quietly = TRUE)
kfm <- kfm %>%
  var_labels(
    dl.milk = "Breast-milk intake (dl/day)",
    sex = "Sex",
    weight = "Child weight (kg)",
    ml.suppl = "Milk substitute (ml/day)",
    mat.weight = "Maternal weight (kg)",
    mat.height = "Maternal height (cm)"
  )

kfm %>%
  estat(~dl.milk)

estat(~ dl.milk | sex, data = kfm)

kfm %>%
  estat(~ weight | sex)