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R package development for COMETS Analytics
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COMETS 1.4: Data input and "COHORTVARIABLE" column #18

Closed steven-moore closed 6 years ago

steven-moore commented 6 years ago

In tests done to date, all investigators have elected to use the variable names that we use. They are not using the variable matching in any meaningful way.

Thus, I think we could perhaps encourage users to simply code "COHORTVARIABLE" the same as "VARREFERENCE" and, if using the "Create input" utility, we could assume as a default the VARREFERENCE names. This could help to streamline the process of making data input and our writing of the tutorial. We should discuss as a group.

ellatemprosa commented 6 years ago

i think it's good to leave it in for the flexibility but we can clearly spell it out in the tutorial to skip if variables are named as described

steven-moore commented 6 years ago

Recommendation: We did not determine whether to get rid of this functionality, but did decide to alter the sample file and downplay this functionality. We will continue testing and see how our analysts are using this.