Last data update: 2014.03.03

 R: Identify whether variables are discrete or continuous
is.discreteR Documentation

Identify whether variables are discrete or continuous

Description

Variables are considered discrete if they have fewer unique, non-missing values than cutoff or they are factors. Otherwise, variables are considered continuous.

Usage

is.discrete(data, cutoff = 10)

Arguments

data

A data frame, matrix or vector of values to be evaluated.

cutoff

A numeric scalar identifying the cutoff relative to the number of unique, non-missing values for ‘discreteness’.

Value

A logical vector indicating whether variables are discrete (TRUE) or continuous FALSE.

Author(s)

Skyler Cranmer, Jeff Gill, Natalie Jackson, Andreas Murr and Dave Armstrong

Results


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