Anonymize numeric data while preserving distribution

Anonymizes numeric data while preserving distributional properties using various transformation methods.

Usage

anon_num_preserve_distribution(
  x,
  method = c("rank", "noise", "quantile"),
  noise_sd = NULL,
  quantile_dist_family = c("normal", "uniform", "exponential")
)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector to anonymize

method

Transformation method: "rank", "noise", or "quantile"

noise_sd

Standard deviation for noise method (used when method = "noise") (default: NULL resulting in standard deviation being calculated)

quantile_dist_family

Distribution family for quantile method: "normal", "uniform", "exponential" (used when method = "quantile")