cem.corr {LoopAnalyst}R Documentation

Compute the Tables of Correlations for a Community Effect matrix

Description

Validates a community effect matrix and computes its associated tables of correlations.

Usage

cem.corr(CEM)

Arguments

CEM A valid community effect matrix.

Details

The supplied matrix is validated as a community effect matrix, and the table of predicted correlations is computed. Output is formatted as per Puccia and Levins, 1986 (see page 57) and correlations are represented as "-", "0", "+", and "?" for negative correlation, no correlation, positive correlation,and ambiguous correlation, respectively.

Author(s)

Alexis Dinno http://www.doyenne.com/LoopAnalyst/

References

Puccia, C. J. and Levins, R. (1986) Qualitative Modeling of Complex Systems: An Introduction to Loop Analysis and Time Averaging. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp 55-59

See Also

make.cem.

Examples

## compute tables of correlations
data(cm.levins)
cem <- make.cem(cm.levins)
cem.corr(cem)

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