warn_if_continuous function

Warn if continuous

Throws an error if a column is continuous

warn_if_continuous(column, name, force, n)

Arguments

• column: vector or factor column from a data.frame
• name: name of the input column
• force,: a boolean. If true, warn but do not stop
• n,: the number of rows in the data set

Returns

Does not return anything

Details

Not meant to be called externally. Only categorical or binary covariates should be used to manually stratify a data set. However, it's hard to tell for sure if something is continuous or just discrete with real-numbered values. Returns without throwing an error if the column is a factor, but throws an error or warning if the column has many distinct values.