Detect the suggested epidemiological role of a column.

Detect the suggested epidemiological role of a column.

Usage

morie_dataset_detect_role(x, name)

Arguments

x

A vector.

name

Column name (drives the heuristic patterns).

Value

One of "id", "weight", "stratum", "cluster", "treatment", "outcome", "covariate".

Examples

morie_dataset_detect_role(1:5, "case_id")           # "id"
#> [1] "id"
morie_dataset_detect_role(c(0, 1), "treatment_arm") # "treatment"
#> [1] "treatment"
morie_dataset_detect_role(c(0, 1, 0), "outcome_event") # "outcome"
#> [1] "outcome"
morie_dataset_detect_role(c(1, 2, 3), "foo")        # "covariate"
#> [1] "covariate"