sort.associationMatrix
sort.associationMatrix
This function sorts an associationMatrix ascendingly or descendingly by one
of its columns.
Usage
# S3 method for associationMatrix
sort(x, decreasing = TRUE, byColumn = 1, ...)Arguments
- x
The
associationMatrixobject to sort.- decreasing
Whether to sort ascendingly (FALSE) or descending (TRUE).
- byColumn
Which column to sort the matrix by, as an index.
- …
Passed on to
sort.
Details
Note that if the associationMatrix contains values of different effectsizes,
the sorting may be misleading. For example, a value of Cohen's d of .45 is higher
than a value of Pearson's r of .35, and so will end up higher in a 'decreasing'
sort - even though the association represented by an r of .35 is stronger than
that represented by a d of .45.
Furthermore, only asymmetrical associationMatrices can be sorted; sorting a symmetrical association matrix would also change the order of the columns, after all.
Value
The associationMatrix, but sorted.
See Also
Examples
# NOT RUN {
sort(associationMatrix(infert, y=c("parity", "age"),
x=c("induced", "case", "spontaneous"), colNames=TRUE));
# }