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referenceIntervals (version 1.2.0)

Reference Intervals

Description

This is a collection of tools to allow the medical professional to calculate appropriate reference ranges (intervals) with confidence intervals around the limits for diagnostic purposes.

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install.packages('referenceIntervals')

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Version

1.2.0

License

GPL-3

Maintainer

Daniel Finnegan

Last Published

April 18th, 2020

Functions in referenceIntervals (1.2.0)

vanderLoo.outliers

Mark van der Loo's outlier detection method in the extremevalues package

referenceIntervals-package

This package calculates reference intervals from a dataset using either parametric, non-parametric, or robust methods.

set120

Dataset containing 120 values

robust

Algorithm that implements the robust method for reference interval calculations

set200

Dataset containing 200 values

set20

Small dataset containing 20 samples

singleRefLimit

This is the workhorse of the refLimit function

set50

Dataset containing 50 values

print.interval

Overload of print in order to concisely print the results of refLimit

refLimit

Calculates and returns reference and confidence intervals for a dataset

plot.interval

Overload of plot function to include the ability to plot the results of refLimit

nonparRI

Determines the reference interval using non-parametric means

nonparRanks

Table that dictate the ranks for the confidence intervals around the calculated reference interval.

cook.outliers

Determines outliers using Cook's Distance

print.interval.sub

Overload of print in order to concisely print the results of refLimit

horn.outliers

Determines outliers using Horn's method and Tukey's interquartile fences on a Box-Cox transformation of the data.

dixon.outliers

Determines outliers using Dixon's Q Test method