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Documentation for package ‘epitools’ version 0.5-10.1

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ageadjust.direct Age standardization by direct method, with exact confidence intervals
ageadjust.indirect Age standardization by indirect method, with exact confidence intervals
as.hour Convert date-time object into hour units
as.month Convert dates into months of the year for plotting epidemic curves
as.week Convert dates object in 'disease week' for plotting epidemic curves
binom.approx Confidence intervals for binomial counts or proportions
binom.exact Confidence intervals for binomial counts or proportions
binom.wilson Confidence intervals for binomial counts or proportions
colorbrewer.data Display and create ColorBrewer palettes
colorbrewer.display Display and create ColorBrewer palettes
colorbrewer.palette Display and create ColorBrewer palettes
colors.matrix Plots R's 657 named colors for selection
colors.plot Plots R's 657 named colors for selection
epicurve.dates Construct an epidemic curve
epicurve.hours Construct an epidemic curve
epicurve.months Construct an epidemic curve
epicurve.table Construct an epidemic curve
epicurve.weeks Construct an epidemic curve
epidate Convert dates into multiple legible formats
epitab Epidemiologic tabulation for a cohort or case-control study
epitable Create r x c contigency table (exposure levels vs. binary outcome)
expand.table Expand contingency table into individual-level data set
expected Expected values in a table
julian2date Convert a julian date into standard a date format
kapmeier Implements product-limit (Kaplan-Meier) method
oddsratio Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals
oddsratio.fisher Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals
oddsratio.midp Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals
oddsratio.small Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals
oddsratio.wald Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals
or.midp Odds ratio estimation and confidence intervals using mid-p method
ormidp.test odds ratio test for independence (p value) for a 2x2 table
oswego Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness in Oswego County, 1940
pois.approx Confidence intervals for Poisson counts or rates
pois.byar Confidence intervals for Poisson counts or rates
pois.daly Confidence intervals for Poisson counts or rates
pois.exact Confidence intervals for Poisson counts or rates
probratio Obtain unbiased probability ratios from logistic regression models
rate2by2.test Comparative tests of independence in rx2 rate tables
rateratio Rate ratio estimation and confidence intervals
rateratio.midp Rate ratio estimation and confidence intervals
rateratio.wald Rate ratio estimation and confidence intervals
ratetable Create r x 2 count and person-time table for calculating rates
riskratio Risk ratio estimation and confidence intervals
riskratio.boot Risk ratio estimation and confidence intervals
riskratio.small Risk ratio estimation and confidence intervals
riskratio.wald Risk ratio estimation and confidence intervals
tab2by2.test Comparative tests of independence in rx2 contigency tables
table.margins Marginal totals of a table
wcgs Western Collaborative Group Study data
wnv West Nile Virus human cases reported in California, USA, as of December 14, 2004