rties (version 5.0.0)

makeDist: Create a distinguishing variable (called "dist") for non-distinguishable dyads by assigning the partner who is lower on a chosen variable a 0 and the partner who is higher on the variable a 1.

Description

Create a distinguishing variable (called "dist") for non-distinguishable dyads by assigning the partner who is lower on a chosen variable a 0 and the partner who is higher on the variable a 1.

Usage

makeDist(basedata, dyadId, personId, time_name, dist_name)

Arguments

basedata

A user-provided dataframe.

dyadId

The name of the column in the dataframe that has the couple-level identifier.

personId

The name of the column in the dataframe that has the person-level identifier.

time_name

The name of the column in the dataframe that indicates sequential temporal observations.

dist_name

The name of the column in the dataframe that holds the variable to use for distinguishing the partners. For example, if "influence" was the variable, for each dyad the partner scoring lower on "influence" would be given a score of 0 on "dist" and the partner scoring higher on "influence" would be given a score of 1 on "dist"

Value

The function returns the original dataframe with an additional variable, called "dist" that distinguishes between partners based on the user-specified variable indicated by "dist_name"

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data <- rties_ExampleDataShort
newData <- makeDist(basedata=data, dyadId="couple", personId="person", 
time_name="time", dist_name="relstress")
summary(newData$dist)
# }