Short labels parameters for use in figures

Usage

short_parameter_type(x, parameter_type_full, parameter_type_short)

Arguments

x: data.frame containing a column called "parameter_type", This will typically be the params data.frame from the output of load_epidata.
parameter_type_full: optional. User can specify the full name of a parameter type not already included in the function.
parameter_type_short: optional. Shorter value of parameter_type_full

Value

data.frame with a new column called "parameter_type_short"

Details

This function assigns short labels to otherwise very long parameter names. It is generally not intended to be called directly but is used by load_epidata when the data is loaded. The short parameter names are read from the file "param_name.csv" in the package. If you want to supply your own short names, you can do so by specifying the parameter_type_full and parameter_type_short arguments. Note however that if parameter_type_full does not contain all the parameter types in the data, the short label (parameter_type_short) will be NA for missing values. It is therefore easier and recommended that you update the column parameter_type_short once the data are loaded via load_epidata.

Author

Sangeeta Bhatia