Convert large continuous variables to logvar

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This is the repository for the English version of the Future Elderly Model, originally developed at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Microsimulation.

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Convert large continuous variables to logvar #55

Closed ld-archer closed 3 years ago

ld-archer commented 3 years ago

If a continuous variable has a long right hand tail, this can have an affect on how it influences the model. The solution is to convert these variables to logs, similar to the way BMI is converted and used as logbmi instead of simply BMI.

Variables:

[x] atotb
[x] itot

ld-archer commented 3 years ago

Update Removed itearn, atotf, and ipubpen and replaced them with itot - Total Family Wealth.

These variables have been converted to logs, final step is to find out where logbmi is converted to BMI in the outputs. Need to do the same with logatotb and logitot. Work backwards from the module that writes the outputs.

ld-archer commented 3 years ago

Done in PR #59