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Last data update: 2014.03.03

R: Scale

scale2

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Scale

Description

Returns scores in x after rescaling

Usage

scale2(x, center = TRUE, scale = TRUE)

Arguments

`x`	A numeric vector, matrix or data.frame
`center`	A logical indicating whether the scores in the columns in x should have their column means subtracted
`scale`	A logical indicating where the scores in the columns in x should be divided by their column standard deviations

Details

The built-in R function scale uses the sample standard deviation when its scale option is set to TRUE. This function uses the population standard deviation instead.

Value

Returns a variable with dimensions equal to that has been scaled according to the arguments used

Author(s)

Ryne A. Sherman

Examples

scale(1:5)
scale2(1:5)