A package for statistical analysis in epidemiology.


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Documentation for package `Epi' version 0.1

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apc.frame Produce an empty frame for display of parameter-estimates from Age-Period-Cohort-models.
apc.lines Plot APC-estimates in an APC-frame.
Aplot Functions to plot rates from a table classified by age and calendar time (period)
bdendo A case-control study of endometrial cancer
bdendo11 A 1:1 subset of the endometrial cancer case-control study
brv Bereavement in an elderly cohort
cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
ccwc Generate a nested case-control study
ci.lin Compute linear functions of parameters with s.e.
ci.pd Compute confidence limits for a difference of two independent proportions.
count Special functions for use in stat.table
Cplot Functions to plot rates from a table classified by age and calendar time (period)
diet Diet and heart data
dmy.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
ew.all A Cohort of Nickel Smelters in South Wales
ew.lung A Cohort of Nickel Smelters in South Wales
ew.nasal A Cohort of Nickel Smelters in South Wales
float Calculate floated variances
ftrend Fit a floating trend to a factor in generalized linear model
lep An unmatched case-control study of leprosy incidence
Lexis Split follow-up time in cohort studies.
Lexis.diagram Plot a Lexis diagram
Lexis.lines Draw life lines in a Lexis diagram.
Life.lines Compute dates/ages for life lines in a Lexis diagram
linesEst Plot estimates with confidence limits
mdy.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
mh Mantel-Haenszel analyses of cohort and case-control studies
months.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
ncut Function to group a variable in intervals.
nice Nice breakpoints
nickel A Cohort of Nickel Smelters in South Wales
pctab Create percentages in a table
percent Special functions for use in stat.table
plotEst Plot estimates with confidence limits
pointsEst Plot estimates with confidence limits
Pplot Functions to plot rates from a table classified by age and calendar time (period)
print.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
print.floated Calculate floated variances
print.stat.table Tables of summary statistics
rateplot Functions to plot rates from a table classified by age and calendar time (period)
ratio Special functions for use in stat.table
Relevel Reorder and combine levels of a factor
ROC Function to compute and draw ROC-curves.
stat.table Tables of summary statistics
tabplot Graphical display of a 2-way contingency table
twoby2 Analysis of a two by two table
weekdays.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
weeks Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
weeks.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years
ymd.cal.yr Functions representing dates as fractional calendar years