This function removes duplicate rows from a data frame based on specified fields, applying a function to handle duplicate values in the dependent variable.
Usage
resolve_duplicates(
df,
fields = NULL,
duplicate_function = mean,
dependent_variable = "DV",
na.rm = TRUE
)Arguments
- df
A data frame to remove duplicates from
- fields
A character vector of field names to check for duplicates. If NULL, defaults to c("USUBJID", "TIME", "ANALYTE") for NIF data.
- duplicate_function
A function to apply to duplicate values. Default is mean. The function should take a vector and return a single value.
- dependent_variable
The name of the field to apply the duplicate_function to. Defaults to "DV".
- na.rm
Logical indicating whether to remove NA values when applying the duplicate_function. Defaults to TRUE.