helda (version 1.1.5)

gap_to_fill: Filling intermediate gaps in a time serie

Description

This function allows to fill intermediate gaps in panel data by linear interpolation

Usage

gap_to_fill(data, gap_variable, key_variable, time_variable, digits = 2)

Arguments

data

a R data frame.

gap_variable

a character. This represents the name of the variable we want to fill the start and end gaps.

key_variable

a character. This represents the variable name that refers to the key variable in the panel data (an ID, ...).

time_variable

a character. This represents the time variable name that permits to sort observation on a time scale.

digits

an integer. This is the number of decimals to keep for the rounding (by default set to 2).

Value

a R data frame that contains the original columns and a new one:

• gap_variable_corrected_2: the gap variable with intermediate gaps filled

References

Link to the author's github package repository: https://github.com/Redcart/helda

See Also

create_calendar start_end_to_fill

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(dplyr)

# We take three countries from 2011 to 2018
fr_sp_ge_pop <- world_countries_pop %>%
filter(country_name %in% c('France', 'Spain', 'Germany')) %>%
filter(year > 2010) %>%
arrange(country_name, year)

# We artificially create some gaps in time series
fr_sp_ge_pop$population[c(1, 5, 11, 12, 24)] <- NA
fr_sp_ge_pop <- na.omit(fr_sp_ge_pop)

data_1 <- create_calendar(data = fr_sp_ge_pop, key_variable = "country_code",
time_variable = "year", start_year = 2011, end_year = 2018)
data_2 <- start_end_to_fill(data = fr_sp_ge_pop, calendar = data_1, gap_variable = "population",
key_variable = "country_code", time_variable = "year")
data_3 <- gap_to_fill(data = data_2, gap_variable = "population_corrected_1",
key_variable = "country_code", time_variable = "year", digits = 1)
# }