Continuous covariate definition

Builds a covariate definition list for use in rmst.sim, recipe_quick_aft, or recipe_quick_ph.

Usage

covar_continuous(name, dist = "normal", ...)

Arguments

name

Column name in the generated data.

dist

Distribution name. One of "normal" (default), "lognormal", "gamma", "weibull", "uniform", "beta", "t".

...

Named distribution parameters passed as the params list (e.g., mean = 0, sd = 1 for dist = "normal").

Value

A named list suitable as one element of the covariates argument.

See also

covar_binary, covar_categorical, rmst.sim

Examples

covar_continuous("age", dist = "normal", mean = 50, sd = 10)
#> $name
#> [1] "age"
#> 
#> $type
#> [1] "continuous"
#> 
#> $dist
#> [1] "normal"
#> 
#> $params
#> $params$mean
#> [1] 50
#> 
#> $params$sd
#> [1] 10
#> 
#> 
covar_continuous("bmi", dist = "lognormal", meanlog = 3.2, sdlog = 0.2)
#> $name
#> [1] "bmi"
#> 
#> $type
#> [1] "continuous"
#> 
#> $dist
#> [1] "lognormal"
#> 
#> $params
#> $params$meanlog
#> [1] 3.2
#> 
#> $params$sdlog
#> [1] 0.2
#> 
#>