start_mmd {AnthropMMD}R Documentation

An R-Shiny application for the mean measure of divergence

Description

Launches a graphical user interface (GUI) for the calculation of the mean measure of divergence.

Usage

start_mmd()
StartMMD()

Details

The GUI of AnthropMMD is completely autonomous: reading the data file and specifying the parameters of the analysis are done through the interface. Once the dataset is loaded, the output reacts dynamically to any change in the analysis settings.

Value

The function returns no value by itself, but all results can be individually downloaded through the graphical interface.

Note

The R console is not available when the GUI is active. To exit the GUI, type Echap (on MS Windows systems) or Ctrl+C (on Linux systems) in the R console.

On 14-inch (or smaller) screens, for convenience, it may be necessary to decrease the zoom level of your web browser and/or to turn on fullscreen mode.

Author(s)

Frédéric Santos, frederic.santos@u-bordeaux.fr

References

Harris, E. F. and Sjøvold, T. (2004) Calculation of Smith's mean measure of divergence for intergroup comparisons using nonmetric data. Dental Anthropology, 17(3), 83–93.

Irish, J. (2010) The mean measure of divergence: Its utility in model-free and model-bound analyses relative to the Mahalanobis D2 distance for nonmetric traits. American Journal of Human Biology, 22, 378–395. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21010

Nikita, E. (2015) A critical review of the mean measure of divergence and Mahalanobis distances using artificial data and new approaches to the estimation of biodistances employing nonmetric traits. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 157, 284–294. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22708

Santos, F. (2018) AnthropMMD: an R package with a graphical user interface for the mean measure of divergence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165(1), 200–205. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23336

Examples

## An example of valid binary dataset:
data(toyMMD)
head(toyMMD)

## An example of valid table:
data(absolute_freqs)
absolute_freqs

## Launch the GUI:
## Not run:  start_mmd()

[Package AnthropMMD version 4.0.3 Index]