Frequency table

Create a frequency table of a vector with items or a data frame. Supports quasiquotation and markdown for reports. The best practice is: data %>% freq(var).
top_freq can be used to get the top/bottom n items of a frequency table, with counts as names.

frequency_tbl(x, ..., sort.count = TRUE,
  nmax = getOption("max.print.freq"), na.rm = TRUE, row.names = TRUE,
  markdown = !interactive(), digits = 2, quote = FALSE,
  header = !markdown, title = NULL, na = "<NA>", droplevels = TRUE,
  sep = " ", decimal.mark = getOption("OutDec"),
  big.mark = ifelse(decimal.mark != ",", ",", "."))

freq(x, ..., sort.count = TRUE, nmax = getOption("max.print.freq"),
  na.rm = TRUE, row.names = TRUE, markdown = !interactive(),
  digits = 2, quote = FALSE, header = !markdown, title = NULL,
  na = "<NA>", droplevels = TRUE, sep = " ",
  decimal.mark = getOption("OutDec"), big.mark = ifelse(decimal.mark !=
  ",", ",", "."))

top_freq(f, n)

header(f, property = NULL)

# S3 method for frequency_tbl
print(x, nmax = getOption("max.print.freq",
  default = 15), markdown = !interactive(), header = !markdown,
  decimal.mark = getOption("OutDec"), big.mark = ifelse(decimal.mark !=
  ",", ",", "."), ...)

Arguments

x	vector of any class or a `data.frame`, `tibble` (may contain a grouping variable) or `table`
...	up to nine different columns of `x` when `x` is a `data.frame` or `tibble`, to calculate frequencies from - see Examples
sort.count	sort on count, i.e. frequencies. This will be `TRUE` at default for everything except when using grouping variables.
nmax	number of row to print. The default, `15`, uses `getOption("max.print.freq")`. Use `nmax = 0`, `nmax = Inf`, `nmax = NULL` or `nmax = NA` to print all rows.
na.rm	a logical value indicating whether `NA` values should be removed from the frequency table. The header (if set) will always print the amount of `NA`s.
row.names	a logical value indicating whether row indices should be printed as `1:nrow(x)`
markdown	a logical value indicating whether the frequency table should be printed in markdown format. This will print all rows (except when `nmax` is defined) and is default behaviour in non-interactive R sessions (like when knitting RMarkdown files).
digits	how many significant digits are to be used for numeric values in the header (not for the items themselves, that depends on `getOption("digits")`)
quote	a logical value indicating whether or not strings should be printed with surrounding quotes
header	a logical value indicating whether an informative header should be printed
title	text to show above frequency table, at default to tries to coerce from the variables passed to `x`
na	a character string that should be used to show empty (`NA`) values (only useful when `na.rm = FALSE`)
droplevels	a logical value indicating whether in factors empty levels should be dropped
sep	a character string to separate the terms when selecting multiple columns
decimal.mark	used for prettying (longish) numerical and complex sequences. Passed to `prettyNum`: that help page explains the details.
big.mark	used for prettying (longish) numerical and complex sequences. Passed to `prettyNum`: that help page explains the details.
f	a frequency table
n	number of top n items to return, use -n for the bottom n items. It will include more than `n` rows if there are ties.
property	property in header to return this value directly

Value

A data.frame (with an additional class "frequency_tbl") with five columns: item, count, percent, cum_count and cum_percent.

Details

Frequency tables (or frequency distributions) are summaries of the distribution of values in a sample. With the `freq` function, you can create univariate frequency tables. Multiple variables will be pasted into one variable, so it forces a univariate distribution. This package also has a vignette available to explain the use of this function further, run browseVignettes("AMR") to read it.

For numeric values of any class, these additional values will all be calculated with na.rm = TRUE and shown into the header:

Mean, using mean
Standard Deviation, using sd
Coefficient of Variation (CV), the standard deviation divided by the mean
Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD), using mad
Tukey Five-Number Summaries (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum), using fivenum
Interquartile Range (IQR) calculated as Q3 - Q1 using the Tukey Five-Number Summaries, i.e. not using the quantile function
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (CQV, sometimes called coefficient of dispersion), calculated as (Q3 - Q1) / (Q3 + Q1) using the Tukey Five-Number Summaries
Outliers (total count and unique count), using boxplot.stats

For dates and times of any class, these additional values will be calculated with na.rm = TRUE and shown into the header:

Oldest, using min
Newest, using max, with difference between newest and oldest
Median, using median, with percentage since oldest

In factors, all factor levels that are not existing in the input data will be dropped.

The function top_freq uses top_n internally and will include more than n rows if there are ties.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(dplyr)

# this all gives the same result:
freq(septic_patients$hospital_id)
freq(septic_patients[, "hospital_id"])
septic_patients$hospital_id %>% freq()
septic_patients[, "hospital_id"] %>% freq()
septic_patients %>% freq("hospital_id")
septic_patients %>% freq(hospital_id)  #<- easiest to remember (tidyverse)


# you could also use `select` or `pull` to get your variables
septic_patients %>%
  filter(hospital_id == "A") %>%
  select(mo) %>%
  freq()


# multiple selected variables will be pasted together
septic_patients %>%
  left_join_microorganisms %>%
  filter(hospital_id == "A") %>%
  freq(genus, species)


# group a variable and analyse another
septic_patients %>%
  group_by(hospital_id) %>%
  freq(gender)


# get top 10 bugs of hospital A as a vector
septic_patients %>%
  filter(hospital_id == "A") %>%
  freq(mo) %>%
  top_freq(10)


# save frequency table to an object
years <- septic_patients %>%
  mutate(year = format(date, "%Y")) %>%
  freq(year)


# show only the top 5
years %>% print(nmax = 5)


# save to an object with formatted percentages
years <- format(years)


# print a histogram of numeric values
septic_patients %>%
  freq(age) %>%
  hist()


# or print all points to a regular plot
septic_patients %>%
  freq(age) %>%
  plot()


# transform to a data.frame or tibble
septic_patients %>%
  freq(age) %>%
  as.data.frame()


# or transform (back) to a vector
septic_patients %>%
  freq(age) %>%
  as.vector()

identical(septic_patients %>%
            freq(age) %>%
            as.vector() %>%
            sort(),
          sort(septic_patients$age)) # TRUE


# it also supports `table` objects
table(septic_patients$gender,
      septic_patients$age) %>%
  freq(sep = " **sep** ")


# only get selected columns
septic_patients %>%
  freq(hospital_id) %>%
  select(item, percent)

septic_patients %>%
  freq(hospital_id) %>%
  select(-count, -cum_count)


# check differences between frequency tables
diff(freq(septic_patients$trim),
     freq(septic_patients$trsu))
# }

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