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Gmisc (version 3.0.3)

descGetMissing: Get statistics for missing data

Description

This function calculates the amount of missing per row for describeMean, describeMedian and custom description functions. It will return invisibly when no missing values are present.

Usage

descGetMissing(
  x,
  html = TRUE,
  number_first = TRUE,
  percentage_sign = TRUE,
  language = "en",
  useNA.digits = 1,
  ...
)

Value

vector A vector with the missing estimate

Arguments

x

The variable that you want the statistics for

html

If HTML compatible output should be used. If FALSE it outputs LaTeX formatting

number_first

If the number should be given or if the percentage should be presented first. The second is encapsulated in parentheses (). This is only used together with the useNA variable.

percentage_sign

If you want to suppress the percentage sign you can set this variable to FALSE. You can also choose something else that the default % if you so wish by setting this variable. Note, this is only used when combined with the missing information.

language

The ISO-639-1 two-letter code for the language of interest. Currently only english is distinguished from the ISO format using a ',' as the separator in the txtInt function.

useNA.digits

The number of digits to use for the missing percentage, defaults to the overall digits.

...

Passed on to describeFactors