is_significant: Test the significance of a p-value
Description
Test if a p-value is significant. This is specifically designed
to handle numeric output, or output from pvalString
Usage
is_significant(pvalue, alpha = 0.05)
Arguments
pvalue
The p-value to be tested
alpha
The significance level for comparison
Details
In instances where pvalue has a leading '<' or '>',
the inequality is stripped and the remaining characters are coerced to
a numeric. A logical vector comparing pvalue to alpha is returned
where the value is TRUE if pvalue <= alpha
This function was built with the intent of using it to identify rows
in descriptive tables (such as cattable and conttable)
with significant results. These rows could then be highlighted
using bold print automatically. This might prove useful for large tables.