DTComPair (version 1.2.6)

read.tab.1test: Read in “tab.1test”-Objects

Description

Reads in objects of class tab.1test using cell frequencies.

Usage

read.tab.1test(a, b, c, d, testname, ...)

Value

Returns a list of class tab.1test containing:

tab.1test

A contingency table (matrix) of test results.

	Diseased	Non-diseased	Total
Test pos.	a	b	a+b
Test neg.	c	d	c+d
Total	a+c	b+d	a+b+c+d

testname

The name of the diagnostic test.

Arguments

a

The number of diseased subjects with a positive test.

b

The number of non-diseased subjects with a positive test.

c

The number of diseased subjects with a negative test.

d

The number of non-diseased subjects with a negative test.

testname

An optional vector specifying the name of the diagnostic test, e.g. c("Test A"). If not supplied, the corresponding variable name is used as testname.

...

Additional arguments (usually not required).

See Also

tab.1test, print.tab.1test, acc.1test.

Examples

read.t1 <- read.tab.1test(321, 51, 730, 272, testname="Test1")
class(read.t1)
read.t1
acc.1test(read.t1)