Lexis2msm {Epi} | R Documentation |
msm:msm
function.The number of records in the resulting dataset will have a
number of records that is normally nrec(Lx) + nid(Lx)
, that is
one extra record for each person. If there are 'holes' in persons'
follow-up, each hole will also generate an extra record in the result.
Lexis2msm(Lx, state = "state", verbose = FALSE)
Lx |
A |
state |
Character; the name of the state variable in the result. |
verbose |
If true, you will be reminded what the function did. |
A data frame of class msmLexis
with the timescales preserved and lex.id
preserved but with other lex.
variables removed.
Has more records than the original Lexis
object
Bendix Carstensen, http://bendixcarstensen.com
example(mcutLexis) # we now have the Lexis object L3: summary(L3) # data frame for use with msm msm3 <- Lexis2msm(L3) # see the difference subset( L3, lex.id %in% 1:3) subset(msm3, lex.id %in% 1:3) timeScales(msm3)