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defMiss: Add single row to definitions table for missing data

Description

Add single row to definitions table for missing data

Usage

defMiss(dtDefs = NULL, varname, formula, logit.link = FALSE, baseline = FALSE, monotonic = FALSE)

Arguments

dtDefs
Definition data.table to be modified
varname
Name of variable with missingness
formula
Formula to describe pattern of missingness
logit.link
Indicator set to TRUE when the probability of missingness is based on a logit model.
baseline
Indicator is set to TRUE if the variable is a baseline measure and should be missing throughout an entire observation period. This is applicable to repeated measures/longitudinal data.
monotonic
Indicator set to TRUE if missingness at time t is followed by missingness at all follow-up times > t.

Value

A data.table named dtName that is an updated data defnitions table