prepareD

R package with useful functions for data preparation and documentation.

Overview

project_ family

Functions to quickly initialize a standard project structure

• project_structure() Initializes folder structure and R files from templates in the current working directory.

data_ family

Functions to quickly return information on the input data

• data_overview() Returns an overview table for the input dataset.

• data_check() Returns a table with info on missingness and variable type for the input dataset.

• data_missing() Returns overview on missing values for variables of the input.

• data_clean() Returns input dataframe without empty rows and columns.

annotation_ family

Functions to quickly return basic annotation for the input data

• annotation_create() Returns a basic annotation for the input dataset

find_ family

Functions to find specific groups of variables in the input data

• find_binary() Returns binary variables from input dataset.

• find_continouus() Returns continouus variables from input dataset.

dummies_ family

Functions to create dummy variables in the input data and annotation file

• dummies_annotate() Returns the annotation with additional dummy variables.

• dummies_make() Returns the input data with additional dummy variables.

comment_ family

Functions easily comment your analysis

• comment() Let's you grow a matrix with comments throughout your analysis.

time_ family

Functions to easily measure time of your analysis

• time_start() Creates a starting point for a time measurement.

• time_stop() Calculates the time since time_start() was initialized.

Installation

You can get the development version from GitHub with:

devtools::install_github("janbrederecke/prepareD")

Acknowledgement

The logo was designed by Tim Brederecke.

Contact

Please submit feedback and suggestions through Github's issues facility.