% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand % Please edit documentation in R/utils.R \name{perturb_count} \alias{perturb_count} \title{Add a random jitter to a count variable to mask its true value} \usage{ perturb_count(x, fac = 3) } \arguments{ \item{x}{the vector of numerics} \item{fac}{the range of values to add or subtract to perturb the count} } \value{ a numeric vector } \description{ Add a random jitter to a count variable to mask its true value } \details{ The count in the name means that this function enforces a floor of 0 on values, so values perturbed to have less than 0 will be capped at 0. } \examples{ perturb_count(20:30, fac = 3) }