epitable {epitools} | R Documentation |
Create r x c contigency table for r exposure levels and c outcome levels
epitable(..., ncol =2, byrow = TRUE, rev = c("neither", "rows", "columns", "both"))
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ncol |
number of columns = 2 (default) when a table is constructed from a vector or sequence of numbers |
byrow |
Default is TRUE and single vector or collection of numbers is read in row-wise. Set to FALSE to read in column-wise. |
rev |
reverse order of "rows", "colums", "both", or "neither" (default) |
Creates r x 2 table with r exposure levels and 2 outcome levels (No vs. Yes). Arguments can be one of the following:
(1) four or more integers that be converted into r x 2 table (the number of integers must be even),
(2) two categorical vectors (1st vector is exposure with r levels, 2nd vector is outcome with 2 levels),
(3) r x 2 contingency table, or
(4) single vector that be converted into r x 2 table (the number of integers must be even).
The contingency table created by this function is usually used for
additional analyses, for example, the epitab
function.
Returns r x 2 contingency table, usually for additional analyses.
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Tomas Aragon, aragon@berkeley.edu, http://www.medepi.com
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## single vector dat <- c(88, 20, 555, 347) epitable(dat) ## 4 or more integers epitable(1,2,3,4,5,6) ## single matrix epitable(matrix(1:6, 3, 2)) ## two categorical vectors exposure <- factor(sample(c("Low", "Med", "High"), 100, rep=TRUE), levels=c("Low", "Med", "High")) outcome <- factor(sample(c("No", "Yes"), 100, rep=TRUE)) epitable(exposure, outcome) epitable("Exposure"=exposure, "Disease"=outcome) ## reversing row and/or column order zz <- epitable("Exposure Level"=exposure, "Disease"=outcome) zz epitable(zz, rev = "r") epitable(zz, rev = "c") epitable(zz, rev = "b")