coeffvar {acid} | R Documentation |
Coefficient of Variation
Description
This function computes the Coefficient of Variation for a vector of observations.
Usage
coeffvar(x)
Arguments
x |
a vector of observations. |
Value
cv |
returns the coefficient of variation without bias correction. |
bccv |
returns the coefficient of variation with bias correction. |
Warning
Weighting is not properly accounted for in the sample adjustment of bccv!
Author(s)
Alexander Sohn
References
Atkinson, A.B. and Bourguignon, F. (2000): Income Distribution and Economics, in: Atkinson and Bourguignon (eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution, pp. 1-86, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
See Also
Examples
# generate vector (of incomes)
x <- c(541, 1463, 2445, 3438, 4437, 5401, 6392, 8304, 11904, 22261)
coeffvar(x)
[Package acid version 1.1 Index]