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NlsyLinks (version 1.200)

Utilities and kinship information for Behavior Genetics and Developmental research using the NLSY.

Description

Utilities and kinship information for Behavioral Genetics and Developmental research using the NLSY.

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install.packages('NlsyLinks')

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1.200

License

GPL

Maintainer

Will Beasley

Last Published

December 19th, 2012

Functions in NlsyLinks (1.200)

Ace

Estimates the heritability of additive traits using a single variable.

SubjectDetails79

Dataset containing further details of the Gen1 and Gen2 subjects.

NlsyLinks-package

Utilities and kinship information for Behavior Genetics and Developmental research using the NLSY.

CreatePairLinks

Creates a pairs linking file.

ReadCsvNlsy79

Read a CSV file downloaded from the NLS Investigator

ExtraOutcomes79

Extra outcome variables in the NLSY79

AceLavaanGroup

A simple multiple-group ACE model with the lavaan package.

ValidateOutcomeDataset

Validates the schema of datasets containing outcome variables.

CreateAceEstimate

Instantiate an AceEstimate-class object.

CleanSemAceDataset

Produces a cleaned dataset that works well with when using SEM to estimate a univariate ACE model.

GetDetails-methods

A generic function for extracting the Details slot of an object.

Links79Pair

Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives in the NLSY79 and NLSY79 Children and Young Adults

Links79PairExpanded

Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives. It builds upon the Links79Pair dataset.

ValidatePairLinksAreSymmetric

Verifies that the pair relationships are symmetric.

GetEstimate-methods

Generic function for returning the contents from an AceEstimate class.

CreateSubjectTag

Creates a SubjectTag. This value uniquely identifies subjects, when both generations are included in the same dataset.

AceEstimate-class

Class "AceEstimate"

ValidatePairLinks

Validates the schema of a links for pairs of relatives

ColumnUtilities

A collection of functions that helps data management data.frames, particularly those derived from NLS Extracts.

RGroupSummary

Calculates summary statistics for each Relatedness Group in the sample.

CreateSpatialNeighbours

Distances between related family members, formated for spatial analysis.