subsetMicrodata function

subsetMicrodata

allows to restrict original data to only a subset. This may be useful to test some anonymization methods. This function will only be used in the graphical user interface sdcApp.

subsetMicrodata(obj, type, n)

Arguments

• obj: an object of class data.frame containing micro data

• type: algorithm used to sample from original microdata. Currently supported choices are

  • n_perc: the restricted microdata will be a n-percent sample of the original microdata.
  • first_n: only the first n observations will be used.
  • every_n: the restricted microdata set consists of every n-th record.
  • size_n: a total of n observations will be randomly drawn.

• n: numeric vector of length 1 specifying the specific parameter with respect to argument type.

Returns

an object of class sdcMicroObj-class with modified slot @origData.

Author(s)

Bernhard Meindl