afc (version 1.4.0)

afc.dd: 2AFC For Dichotomous Observations And Dichotomous Forecasts

Description

Routine to calculate the Generalized Discrimination Score (aka Two-Alternatives Forced Choice Score 2AFC) for the situation of dichotomous observations and dichotomous forecasts

Usage

afc.dd(obsv, fcst)

Arguments

obsv

vector with dichotomous observations (values in 0,1)

fcst

vector of same length as obsv with dichotomous forecasts (values in 0,1)

Value

p.afc

Value of Generalized Discrimination (2AFC) Score

Details

This routine applies Eq.2 of Mason and Weigel (2009) to calculate the 2AFC.

References

S.J. Mason and A.P. Weigel, 2009. A generic verification framework for administrative purposes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 331-349

See Also

afc

Examples

  #Forecasts and observations of Nino-3.4 index
  #Load set of dichotomous observations and dichotomous forecasts
  data(cnrm.nino34.dd)
  obsv = cnrm.nino34.dd$obsv
  fcst = cnrm.nino34.dd$fcst

  #Calculate skill score
  afc.dd(obsv,fcst)

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