summary.prop.comb {prop.comb.RR}

Summary for a prop.comb object

Description

Provides results for an object of class prop.comb. It shows the contingency table with observed data, the parameter of interest and its estimated value. It provides confidence intervals (lower limit, upper limit) and p-values of the test (with z-values of statistics) for methods mentioned in references. It allows to calculate coverage probabilities for each method. It also indicates the alternative hypothesis and the recommendation about the optimal method for that particular case.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'prop.comb'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

object

an object of class prop.comb.

...

Further arguments for summary.

Author(s)

Maria Alvarez Hernandez and Javier Roca Pardinas

See Also

prop.comb

Examples

# One proportion
A <-prop.comb(x=16, n=109, alternative="two.sided", conf.level=0.95)
summary(A)

# Difference of proportions
B <-prop.comb(x=c(83,69), n=c(88,76), alternative="two.sided", conf.level=0.95)
summary(B)

# Linear combination of two proportions
C <-prop.comb(x=c(44, 3), n=c(54, 58), a=c(-0.4, 0.6), alternative="two.sided", conf.level=0.95)
summary(C)

D <-prop.comb(x=c(32, 34), n=c(107, 92), a=c(107/199, 92/199), alternative="two.sided", 
conf.level=0.95)
summary(D)

# Linear combination of k>2 proportions
E <-prop.comb(x=c(73,32,44,34,104), n=c(158,107,175,92,143), 
a=c(158/675,107/675,175/675,92/675,143/675))
summary(E)