covariates function

Construction of a covariates Object

Constructs a covariates object which stores all covariate inputs. All covariates will be assumed discrete. Continuous covariates will have been discretized.

covariates(factors)

Arguments

• factors: named list of vectors, containing the name of the covariates and associated factors in vector form.

Returns

Returns a covariates object.

Details

Creating a covariates object will provide template relativities for the frequency and severity relativities. It is encouraged to use the setter functions set.covariates_relativity to set these values to ensure that all necessary inputs are provided.

Examples

factors <- list(
"Legal Representation" = c("Y", "N"),
"Injury Severity" = as.character(1:6),
"Age of Claimant" = c("0-15", "15-30", "30-50", "50-65", "over 65")
)

covariate_obj <- covariates(factors)