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asbio (version 0.2-1)

A collection of statistical tools for biologists

Description

Contains functions from the book: "Applied Statistics for Biologists"

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GPL (>= 2)

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March 19th, 2010

Functions in asbio (0.2-1)

D.sq

Mahalanobis distance for two sites using a pooled covariance matrix
MS.test

Mack-Skillings test
alpha.div

Functions for calculating alpha diversity.
asthma

Asthma repeated measures dataset from Littell et al. (2002)
G.mean

Geometric mean
Hotelling

Hotelling T-squared test
exercise.repeated

Repeated measures data for an exercise experiment.
Preston.dist

Preston diversity analysis
samp.dist

Representation of a statistic's sampling distribution
bootstrap

A simple function for bootstrapping
Pairw.test

Conducts pairwise post hoc tests associated with an ANOVA.
km

Kaplan-Meier survivorship.
get.dist

Calculates 26 possible resemblance measures.
one.sample.z

One sample z-test
cliff.env

Environmental data for the community dataset cliff.sp
Shep.comp

Shepard plot type comparisons for PCoA
partial.resid.plot

Partial residual plots for interpretation of multiple regression.
pseudo.v

Jacknife pseudo-values
radiation.heatl

Radiation-heatload algorithm
panel.cor.res

functions for customizing correlation matrices
modlevenes.test

Modified Levene's test
power.z.test

Power analysis for a one sample z-test
HL.mean

Hodges-Lehman estimator of location
stan.error

Variance and standard error estimators for the sampling distribution of the sample mean
runSampDesign

Plots of random sampling designs
H.mean

Harmonic mean
world.co2

World CO2 levels, by country, from 1980 to 2006
beta.div

Beta diversity functions
world.pop

Population levels in various countries since 1980
trim.me

Trim data
rat

Rat glycogen data from Sokal and Rohlf (1995).
rankindex.new

Compares the efficacy of resemblance measures for a particular data scenario.
starkey

DEM data from the Starkey experimental forest in NE Oregon.
ci.mu.z

Z and t confidence intervals for mu.
shade.norm

Shading functions for interpretation of pdf probabilities.
alfalfa.split.plot

An agricultural split plot design
bv.boxplot

Bivariate boxplots
win

Winsorize data
runExpDesign

Simple experimental design plots
chi.plot

Chi plots for diagnosing multivariate independence.
MC.test

Monte Carlo hypothesis testing for two samples.
e.cancer

Esophageal cancer data modified slightly to create a balanced three-way factorial design
huber.NR

Huber M-estimator iterative least squares algorithm
Mrpp

Multi-response permutation procedure. A wrapper for mrpp from vegan.
Venn

Venn probability diagrams for an event with two outcomes
ls.plot

Plot of least squares function.
partial.R2

Partial correlations of determination in multiple regression
loess.surf

loess 2D and 3D smooth plots
cliff.sp

Yellowstone NP cliff community data
tukey.add.test

Tukey's test of additivity.
DH.test

Doornick-Hansen test for multivariate normality.
KW.multi.comp

Multiple pairwise comparison procedure to accompany a Kruskal-Wallis test
boot.ci.M

Bootstrap CI of M-estimators differences of two samples
island.rich

Mammal richness data with respect to montane island area.
FR.multi.comp

Multiple pairwise comparison procedure to accompany a Friedman test.
Semiconductor

Split plot computer chip data from Littell et al. (2006).
AP.test

Agresti-Pendergrast test
BDM.test

Brunner-Dette-Munk test
plantTraits

Plant traits for 136 species
evenness

Pielou's measure of species evenness
plotCI.reg

Plots a simple linear regression along with confidence and prediction intervals.
R.pb

Percentage bend correlation
ES.May

May's effective specialization index
huber.one.step

Huber one step M-estimator
ConDis.matrix

Calculation and display of concordant and discordant pairs
fidelity

Fidelity of species in a community to a particular group
R.bw

Biweight midvariance, and biweight midcorrelation.
joint.confint

Calculates joint confidence intervals for parameters in linear models using a Bonferroni procedure.
ci.strat

Confidence intervals for stratified random samples.
ci.median

Confidence interval for the median
ci.p

Confidence interval estimation for the binomial parameter p.
bplot

Barplots with standard errors and CIs for pairwise comparisons.
Mode

Sample mode
sortid

Sorts releve table rows using a dot product approach.
deer.296

Mule deer telemetry data
press

prediction sum of squares
huber.mu

Huber M-estimator of location
skew

Sample skewness and kurtosis
perm.fact.test

Permutation test for two and three way factorial designs.
wheat

Agricultural randomized block design
so2.us.cities

SO2 data for 32 US cities with respect to 6 explanatory variables
trim.ranef.test

Robust test for random factors using trimmed means.
ci.sigma

Confidence interval for the sample variance.
evaluators

Cluster analysis evaluators.
V.mat

Pooled covariance matrices for multivariate procedures.
const

Constancy of species in a community dataset
ci.mu.oneside

One sided confidence intervlas for mu.
Kappa

Calculates kappa statistic and other classification error statistics
prp

Perpindicularity
trim.test

Robust one way trimmed means test.
transM

Transition matrix analysis
veg.table

Summarized constancy/cover vegetation tables (not vegetables)
Glucose2

Glucose Levels Following Alcohol Ingestion
Kullback

Kullback test for equal covariance matrices.
loglik.norm.plot

Plots of log-likelihood functions
polar.ord

Polar ordinations