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Build augmented metadata file

Source: R/util_buildauxmetadata.R
buildauxmetadata.Rd

Builds an augmented metadata data frame from the metadata and data given to 'learn()'. This augmented metadata object is saved in the 'learnt' object produced by 'learn()'.

Usage

buildauxmetadata(data, metadata, Dthreshold = 1, tscalefactor = 4.266)

Arguments

data

data.frame object

metadata

data.frame object

Dthreshold

Positive number: threshold of fraction of unique datapoints to total datapoints, to decide whether to treat a rounded variate as continuous

tscalefactor

Positive number: scaling factor for variate conversion

Value

A data frame with auxmetadata.

Details

In addition to the original metadata it contains info about transformed variates and their domains, estimated location- and scale-parameters, and similar metadata.

Used in 'learn()'.