R2ucare (version 1.0.2)

read_inp: Read capture-recapture data with Input (.inp) format used by program MARK

Description

This function reads in capture-recapture dataset with the Input format. It is a wrapper for the function convert.inp from package RMark. It drops continuous covariates because no goodness-of-fit test exists for such models

Usage

read_inp(file, group.df = NULL)

Value

list with first component the matrix of encounter histories, second components the vector of number of individuals with corresponding histories and, if relevant, third component vector/matrix with group(s)

Arguments

file

text file with Input format (extension .inp)

group.df

dataframe with grouping variables; contains a row for each group defined in the input file row1=group1, row2=group2 etc. Names and number of columns in the dataframe is set by user to define grouping variables in RMark dataframe

Author

Olivier Gimenez <[e-mail]>

Examples

# read in Dipper dataset
dipper = system.file("extdata", "ed.inp", package = "R2ucare")
read_inp(dipper,group.df=data.frame(sex=c('Male','Female')))
# read in Geese dataset
geese = system.file("extdata", "geese.inp", package = "R2ucare")
read_inp(geese)