useful (version 1.2.4)

simple.impute: simple.impute

Description

Generic function for simple imputation.

Usage

simple.impute(x, fun = median, ...)

Arguments

x

An object to be imputed

fun

The function with which to fill in missing values

…

Further arguments

Value

An object with the missing values imputed.

Details

Provides the ability to simply impute data based on a simple measure such as mean or median. For more robust imputation see the packages Amelia, mice or mi.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
theDF <- data.frame(A=1:10, B=1:10, C=1:10)
theDF[c(1, 4, 6), c(1)] <- NA
theDF[c(3, 4, 8), c(3)] <- NA

simple.impute(theDF$A)
simple.impute(theDF$A, mean)
simple.impute(theDF$A, constant(4))
simple.impute(theDF)
simple.impute(theDF, mean)
simple.impute(theDF, constant(4))

# }