step_naomit: Remove observations with missing values
Description
step_naomit creates a specification of a recipe step that
will remove observations (rows of data) if they contain NA
or NaN values.
Usage
step_naomit(
recipe,
...,
role = NA,
trained = FALSE,
columns = NULL,
skip = FALSE,
id = rand_id("naomit")
)
Arguments
recipe
A recipe object. The step will be added to the
sequence of operations for this recipe.
...
One or more selector functions to choose variables
for this step. See selections() for more details.
role
Unused, include for consistency with other steps.
trained
A logical to indicate if the quantities for preprocessing
have been estimated. Again included for consistency.
columns
A character string of variable names that will
be populated (eventually) by the terms argument.
skip
A logical. Should the step be skipped when the
recipe is baked by bake()? While all operations are baked
when prep() is run, some operations may not be able to be
conducted on new data (e.g. processing the outcome variable(s)).
Care should be taken when using skip = FALSE.
id
A character string that is unique to this step to identify it.
Value
An updated version of recipe with the new step added to the
sequence of any existing operations.
Row Filtering
This step can entirely remove observations (rows of data), which can have
unintended and/or problematic consequences when applying the step to new
data later via bake(). Consider whether skip = TRUE or
skip = FALSE is more appropriate in any given use case. In most instances
that affect the rows of the data being predicted, this step probably should
not be applied at all; instead, execute operations like this outside and
before starting a preprocessing recipe().