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Add a dummy variable 'is in need'

Source: R/is_in_need.R
is_in_need.Rd

is_in_need() function adds a new binary variable indicates if a score is above 3, which means: "in need", and is_in_acute_need() if a score is above 4, which means: "in acute need".

Usage

is_in_need(df, score, new_colname = NULL)

is_in_acute_need(df, score, new_colname = NULL)

Arguments

df

A dataframe.

score

The variable containing the score on a 1-5 scale.

new_colname

The name of the new column. If NULL, the function will create a new column with the name 'score_in_need'.