Assign treatment
trtAssign(
dtName,
nTrt = 2,
balanced = TRUE,
strata = NULL,
grpName = "trtGrp",
ratio = NULL
)data table
number of treatment groups
indicator for treatment assignment process
vector of strings representing stratifying variables
string representing variable name for treatment or exposure group
vector of values indicating relative proportion of group assignment
An integer (group) ranging from 1 to length of the probability vector
dt <- genData(15)
dt1 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 3, balanced = TRUE)
dt1[, .N, keyby = trtGrp]
#> Key: <trtGrp>
#> trtGrp N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 5
#> 2: 2 5
#> 3: 3 5
dt2 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 3, balanced = FALSE)
dt2[, .N, keyby = trtGrp]
#> Key: <trtGrp>
#> trtGrp N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 4
#> 2: 2 3
#> 3: 3 8
def <- defData(varname = "male", formula = .4, dist = "binary")
dt <- genData(1000, def)
dt
#> Key: <id>
#> id male
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 0
#> 2: 2 1
#> 3: 3 1
#> 4: 4 1
#> 5: 5 0
#> ---
#> 996: 996 1
#> 997: 997 0
#> 998: 998 0
#> 999: 999 1
#> 1000: 1000 0
dt3 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 5, strata = "male", balanced = TRUE, grpName = "Group")
dt3
#> Key: <id>
#> id male Group
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 0 3
#> 2: 2 1 2
#> 3: 3 1 5
#> 4: 4 1 4
#> 5: 5 0 1
#> ---
#> 996: 996 1 1
#> 997: 997 0 3
#> 998: 998 0 3
#> 999: 999 1 2
#> 1000: 1000 0 5
dt3[, .N, keyby = .(male, Group)]
#> Key: <male, Group>
#> male Group N
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 0 1 122
#> 2: 0 2 122
#> 3: 0 3 122
#> 4: 0 4 121
#> 5: 0 5 121
#> 6: 1 1 79
#> 7: 1 2 78
#> 8: 1 3 78
#> 9: 1 4 78
#> 10: 1 5 79
dt3[, .N, keyby = .(Group)]
#> Key: <Group>
#> Group N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 201
#> 2: 2 200
#> 3: 3 200
#> 4: 4 199
#> 5: 5 200
dt4 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 5, strata = "male", balanced = FALSE, grpName = "Group")
dt4[, .N, keyby = .(male, Group)]
#> Key: <male, Group>
#> male Group N
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 0 1 119
#> 2: 0 2 125
#> 3: 0 3 117
#> 4: 0 4 124
#> 5: 0 5 123
#> 6: 1 1 70
#> 7: 1 2 91
#> 8: 1 3 66
#> 9: 1 4 84
#> 10: 1 5 81
dt4[, .N, keyby = .(Group)]
#> Key: <Group>
#> Group N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 189
#> 2: 2 216
#> 3: 3 183
#> 4: 4 208
#> 5: 5 204
dt5 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 5, balanced = TRUE, grpName = "Group")
dt5[, .N, keyby = .(male, Group)]
#> Key: <male, Group>
#> male Group N
#> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1: 0 1 122
#> 2: 0 2 122
#> 3: 0 3 117
#> 4: 0 4 119
#> 5: 0 5 128
#> 6: 1 1 78
#> 7: 1 2 78
#> 8: 1 3 83
#> 9: 1 4 81
#> 10: 1 5 72
dt5[, .N, keyby = .(Group)]
#> Key: <Group>
#> Group N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 200
#> 2: 2 200
#> 3: 3 200
#> 4: 4 200
#> 5: 5 200
dt6 <- trtAssign(dt, nTrt = 3, ratio = c(1, 2, 2), grpName = "Group")
dt6[, .N, keyby = .(Group)]
#> Key: <Group>
#> Group N
#> <int> <int>
#> 1: 1 200
#> 2: 2 400
#> 3: 3 400