pielou_evenness

Computes Pielou's evenness index based on Shannon entropy for a
nominal variable recorded as individual-level observations.

Provides tools for visualizing and analyzing the shape of discrete nominal frequency distributions. The package introduces centered frequency plots, in which nominal categories are ordered from the most frequent category at the center toward less frequent categories on both sides, facilitating the detection of distributional patterns such as uniformity, dominance, symmetry, skewness, and long-tail behavior. In addition, the package supports Pareto charts for the study of dominance and cumulative frequency structure in nominal data. The package is designed for exploratory data analysis and statistical teaching, offering visualizations that emphasize distributional form rather than arbitrary category ordering.

Norberto Asensio

nomiShape

Visualization and Analysis of Nominal Variable Distributions

pielou_evenness function

<dl><dt>df</dt>
<dd>A data.frame or tibble containing the nominal variable.</dd>
<dt>var</dt>
<dd>Character string giving the name of the nominal variable in <code>df</code>.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Pielou's Evenness for Nominal Variables — pielou_evenness

<dl>

<dt>df</dt>
<dd>A data.frame or tibble containing the nominal variable.</dd>


<dt>var</dt>
<dd>Character string giving the name of the nominal variable in <code>df</code>.</dd>

</dl>

pielou_evenness: Pielou's Evenness for Nominal Variables

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