specifyInput: create an object of class 'dataObj' required for further processing
Description
create an standardized input object of class 'dataObj' containing
information on weights, household ids, household sizes, person ids and
optionally strata. Outputs of this function are typically used in
simStructure.
character vector of length 1 specifying variable containing
household ids within slot data.
hhsize
character vector of length 1 specifying variable containing
household sizes within slot data. If NULL, household sizes are
automatically calculated.
pid
character vector of length 1 specifying variable containing
person ids within slot data. If NULL, person ids are automatically
calculated.
weight
character vector of length 1 specifying variable holding
sampling weights within slot data.
strata
character vector of length 1 specifing variable name within
slot data of variable holding information on strata, e.g. regions or
NULL if such variable does not exist.
population
TRUE/FALSE vector of length 1 specifing if the data object is a sample or a population
NULL if such variable does not exist.
Author
Bernhard Meindl
References
M. Templ, B. Meindl, A. Kowarik, A. Alfons, O. Dupriez (2017) Simulation of Synthetic Populations for Survey Data Considering Auxiliary
Information. Journal of Statistical Survey, 79 (10), 1--38. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.18637/jss.v079.i10")