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Check and Clean CAAL Data

Source: R/5-rearrange_data.R
check_caal_data.Rd

This function checks the CAAL data for zero sum rows, handles NA values, and verifies that the CAAL data spans the required range of ages

Usage

check_caal_data(data_list)

Arguments

data_list

A list containing the following components:

  • caal_obs: A matrix or data frame of composition observations.

  • caal_data: A data frame with metadata including species, sex, and age/length information.

  • nsex: A vector of sex counts by species.

  • nages: A vector of age counts by species.

  • nlengths: A vector of length counts by species. throws An error if any rows of caal_obs sum to 0 or if the composition data does not span the range of ages

Value

The modified data_list with NA values in caal_obs converted to 0. cleaned_data_list <- check_caal_data(data_list)