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asbio (version 0.4-11)

A collection of statistical tools for biologists

Description

Contains functions from: "Foundational Statistics and Applied Analyses for Biologists; A Textbook Using R" (Under contract; CRC Press; Release: Spring 2013)

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GPL (>= 2)

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Ken Aho

Last Published

March 19th, 2013

Functions in asbio (0.4-11)

anm.coin

Animated demonstration of frequentist binomial convergence of probability using a coin flip.
H.mean

Harmonic mean
PM2.5

PM 2.5 pollutant data from Pocatello Idaho.
asthma

Asthma repeated measures dataset from Littell et al. (2002)
MS.test

Mack-Skillings test
anm.ExpDesign

Animated depiction of experimental designs
K

Soil potassium analyses from 8 laboratories
D.sq

Mahalanobis distance for two sites using a pooled covariance matrix
baby.walk

Baby walking times experimental data
modlevene.test

Modified Levene's test
panel.cor.res

Functions for customizing correlation matrices
MC.test

Monte Carlo hypothesis testing for two samples.
km

Kaplan-Meier survivorship.
HL.mean

Hodges-Lehman estimator of location
potash

Potash/cotton strength data
see.ttest.tck

Visualize t-tests
Preston.dist

Preston diversity analysis
pairw.anova

Conducts pairwise post hoc and planned comparisons associated with an ANOVA
huber.NR

Huber M-estimator iterative least squares algorithm
chi.plot

Chi plots for diagnosing multivariate independence.
bear

Grizzly bear litter sizes
alfalfa.split.plot

An agricultural split plot design
starkey

DEM data from the Starkey experimental forest in NE Oregon.
ci.mu.z

Z and t confidence intervals for mu.
win

Winsorize data
cuckoo

Tippett cuckoo egg data
cliff.env

Environmental data for the community dataset cliff.sp
trim.me

Trim data
shade.norm.tck

GUI display of probability
snore

Snoring and heart disease contingency data
life.exp

Mouse life expectancy data.
world.pop

Population levels in various countries since 1980
power.z.test

Power analysis for a one sample z-test
pseudo.v

Jacknife pseudo-values
G.mean

Geometric mean
alpha.div

Functions for calculating alpha diversity.
corn

Corn yield data
sedum.ts

CO2 exchange time series data
anm.samp.design

Animated demonstration of randomized sampling designs
bv.boxplot

Bivariate boxplots
e.cancer

Esophageal cancer data modified slightly to create a balanced three-way factorial design
one.sample.z

One sample z-test
stan.error

Variance and standard error estimators for the sampling distribution of the sample mean
SM.temp.moist

Alpine soil temperature and moisture time series
exercise.repeated

Repeated measures data for an exercise experiment.
portneuf

Portneuf River longitudinal N and P data.
rat

Rat glycogen data from Sokal and Rohlf (2012).
world.co2

World CO2 levels, by country, from 1980 to 2006
shade.norm

Shading functions for interpretation of pdf probabilities.
BCI.count

Barro Colorado Island Tree Counts
see.lmu.tck

Unbalanced and balanced linear models
ConDis.matrix

Calculation and display of concordant and discordant pairs
see.norm.tck

Visualize pdfs
R.hat

R hat MCMC convergence statistic
partial.resid.plot

Partial residual plots for interpretation of multiple regression.
see.nlm

Visualize important non-linear functions
Venn

Venn probability diagrams for an event with two outcomes
Semiconductor

Split plot computer chip data from Littell et al. (2006).
AP.test

Agresti-Pendergrast test
illusions

Visual illusions illustrating human preception errors.
ML.k

Maximum likelihood algorithm for determining the binomial dispersal coefficient
wash.rich

Species richness and environmental variables from Mt Washburn
ci.mu.oneside

One sided confidence interval for mu.
deer.296

Mule deer telemetry data
samp.dist

Animated and/or snapshot representations of a statistic's sampling distribution
garments

Garment Latin square data from Littell et al. (2002)
partial.R2

Partial correlations of determination in multiple regression
huber.mu

Huber M-estimator of location
Kappa

Calculates kappa statistic and other classification error statistics
mcmc.norm.hier

Gibbs sampling of normal hierarchical models
sc.twin

Matched pairs schizophrenia data
near.bound

Nearest neighbor boundary coordinates
selftest.se.tck1

Interactive self-testing statistical questions
BDM.test

Brunner-Dette-Munk test
anm.ci

Animation demonstrations of confidence intervals.
r.dist

Visualize the sampling distribution of Pearson's product moment correlation
Bayes.disc

Bayesian graphical summaries for discrete data.
see.typeI_II

Interactive depiction of type I and II error
Glucose2

Glucose Levels Following Alcohol Ingestion
DH.test

Doornick-Hansen test for multivariate normality.
anm.ls.reg

Animated plot of least squares function.
anm.loglik

Animated plots of log-likelihood functions
Fbird

Frigatebird drumming frequency data
anm.geo.growth

Animated depictions of population growth
trim.ranef.test

Robust test for random factors using trimmed means.
bootstrap

A simple function for bootstrapping
bombus

Bombus pollen data.
goats

Mountain goat data from Yellowstone National Park
see.regression

Interactive visualization of least squares regression.
bats

Bat forearm length as a function of bat age
joint.ci.bonf

Calculates joint confidence intervals for parameters in linear models using a Bonferroni procedure.
pairw.fried

Multiple pairwise comparison procedure to accompany a Friedman test.
so2.us.cities

SO2 data for 32 US cities with respect to 6 explanatory variables
anm.ls

Animated plot of least squares function.
see.power

Interactive depiction of type I and type II error and power
see.logic

Interactive worksheet for logical and fallacious arguments
bromus

Bromus tectorum dataset
see.lma.tck

ANOVA linear models
see.rEffect.tck

Visualize random effects model
trim.test

Robust one way trimmed means test.
refinery

Refinery CO dataset
BCI.plant

Tree presence/absence data from Barro Colorado island
G.stat

G-tests
potato

Fisher's Rothamsted potato data
transM

Transition matrix analysis
see.anova.tck

Interactive depiction of the ANOVA mechanism
see.cor.range.tck

Depict the effect of range on correlation
Mode

Sample mode
anm.mc.bvn

Animation of Markov Chain Monte Carlo walks in bivariate normal space
wheat

Agricultural randomized block design
boot.ci.M

Bootstrap CI of M-estimators differences of two samples
huber.one.step

Huber one step M-estimator
cliff.sp

Yellowstone NP cliff community data
ant.dew

ant honeydew data
anm.die

Animated depiction of six-sided die throws.
polyamine

Polyamine data from Hollander and Wolfe (1999)
beetle

Wood boring beetle data.
ci.strat

Confidence intervals for stratified random samples.
plot.pairw

Plots confidence intervals for objects from class pairw
r.pb

Percentage bend correlation
bvn.plot

make plots of bivariate normal distributions
ci.sigma

Confidence interval for sigma squared.
fruit

Fruit weight data from Littell et al. (2002)
anm.cont.pdf

Animated demonstration of density for a continuous pdf
crabs

Agresti crabs dataset
montane.island

Mountain island biogeographic data
ci.median

Confidence interval for the median
deer

Maternal deer data
anm.LV

Animated depictions of Lotka-Volterra competition and exploitation models
see.lmr.tck

Regression linear model derivation from linear algebra
bplot

Barplots with error bars for pairwise comparisons.
tukey.add.test

Tukey's test of additivity.
press

prediction sum of squares
magnets

Magnet pain relief data
lm.select

AIC, AICc, BIC, Mallow's Cp, and PRESS evaluation of linear models
plotCI.reg

Plots a simple linear regression along with confidence and prediction intervals.
perm.fact.test

Permutation test for two and three way factorial designs.
see.HW

Visualize the Hardy Weinberg equlibrium
loess.surf

loess 2D and 3D smooth plots
webs

Spider web length data
r.bw

Biweight midvariance, and biweight midcorrelation.
ES.May

May's effective specialization index
see.smooth.tck

Interactive smoother demonstrations
anscombe

Anscobe's quartet
prp

Perpendicularity
see.M

Visualization of the M-estimation function
book.menu

Pulldown menus for 'asbio' interactive graphical functions
veneer

Veneer data from Littell et al. (2002)
bound.angle

Angle of azimuth to a boundary.
plantTraits

Plant traits for 136 species
ci.p

Confidence interval estimation for the binomial parameter p.
one.sample.t

One sample t-test
pairw.kw

Multiple pairwise comparison procedure to accompany a Kruskal-Wallis test
see.exppower.tck

Visualize exponential power functions
heart

Heart rate data from Milliken and Johnson (2009)
skew

Sample skewness and kurtosis