SSBtools (version 1.7.0)

HierarchyComputeDummy: HierarchyComputeDummy

Description

From hierarchies to a sparse model matrix with possible cross table by wrapping HierarchyCompute

Usage

HierarchyComputeDummy(
  data,
  hierarchies,
  inputInOutput = TRUE,
  crossTable = FALSE,
  ...
)

Value

A sparse model matrix or a list of model matrix and cross table

Arguments

data

data

hierarchies

hierarchies

crossTable

Cross table in output when TRUE

...

Further parameters sent to HierarchyCompute

Author

Øyvind Langsrud

Details

This function is a special wrapper of HierarchyCompute and the input argument hierarchies is specified the same way. That is, variables can also be coded by "rowFactor" ( but not colFactor).

Examples

# Data and hierarchies used in the examples
x <- SSBtoolsData("sprt_emp")  # Employment in sport in thousand persons from Eurostat database
geoHier <- SSBtoolsData("sprt_emp_geoHier")
ageHier <- SSBtoolsData("sprt_emp_ageHier")
HierarchyComputeDummy(x, list(age = ageHier, geo = geoHier, year = "rowFactor"), 
                      inputInOutput = FALSE, crossTable = TRUE)