gamStat {laser}R Documentation

gamStat

Description

Computes the Gamma Statistic of Pybus and Harvey (2000), using branching times

Usage

gamStat(x, return.list=TRUE)

Arguments

x a numeric vector of branching times
return.list logical: return a list with pvalue and the statistic?

Value

If return.list = TRUE, a list containing the following elements:

gamstat the calculated gamma statistic
pval One-tailed p-value


If return.list = FALSE, it simply returns a single number, the gamma statistic

Author(s)

Dan Rabosky DLR32@cornell.edu

References

Pybus, O. G., Harvey, P. H. 2000. New uses for incomplete phylogenies.

Examples

  data("plethodon")
  pleth <- plethodon
  gamStat(pleth)

[Package laser version 2.2 Index]