survey (version 3.9-1)

svycdf: Cumulative Distribution Function

Description

Estimates the population cumulative distribution function for specified variables. In contrast to svyquantile, this does not do any interpolation: the result is a right-continuous step function.

Usage

svycdf(formula, design, na.rm = TRUE,...)
## S3 method for class 'svycdf':
print(x,...)
## S3 method for class 'svycdf':
plot(x,...)

Arguments

formula
one-sided formula giving variables from the design object
design
survey design object
na.rm
remove missing data (case-wise deletion)?
...
other arguments to plot.stepfun
x
object of class svycdf

Value

  • An object of class svycdf, which is a list of step functions (of class stepfun)

See Also

svyquantile, svyhist, plot.stepfun

Examples

Run this code
data(api)
dstrat <- svydesign(id = ~1, strata = ~stype, weights = ~pw, data = apistrat, 
    fpc = ~fpc)
cdf.est<-svycdf(~enroll+api00+api99, dstrat)
cdf.est
## function
cdf.est[[1]]
## evaluate the function
cdf.est[[1]](800)
cdf.est[[2]](800)

## compare to population and sample CDFs.
opar<-par(mfrow=c(2,1))
cdf.pop<-ecdf(apipop$enroll)
cdf.samp<-ecdf(apistrat$enroll)
plot(cdf.pop,main="Population vs sample", xlab="Enrollment")
lines(cdf.samp,col.points="red")

plot(cdf.pop, main="Population vs estimate", xlab="Enrollment")
lines(cdf.est[[1]],col.points="red")

par(opar)

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