The EpiR package

Click here to download version 0.9-38 of the epiR package for Windows. Click here to download version 0.9-38 of the epiR package for Linux. Click here to view the package documentation (PDF format). The epiR package can now be downloaded directly from CRAN.

LAST UPDATE: 2 February 2012.

epi.2by2: Option to use Woolf or Breslow-Day tests of homogeneity.

epi.prev: Confidence intervals based on Reiczigel et al. (2010) included.

epi.kappa: Error in documentation corrected.

epi.simplesize: Documentation improved.

epi.conf: Allows a design effect to be specified for prevalence and incidence risk estimates.

epi.2by2: Uses object of class table as input (instead of a vector of cell frequencies).

epi.dsl, epi.mh and epi.iv: Now includes options for one- and two-sided tests of effect.

epi.stratasize: Arguments re-organised so that they are more coherent.

epi.ccc: Now handles missing values.

epi.conf: Documentation updated.

epi.stratasize: Argument name for relative error changed (to avoid confusion).

epi.simplesize: Argument name for absolute error changed (to avoid confusion).

epi.2by2: Documentation details a graphical way to compare strata-level and MH adjusted ORs.

epi.dsl, epi.mh, and epi.iv: Now handle zero cell frequencies.

epi.studysize: Documentation improved.

epi.prev: Exact binomial confidence intervals implemented for apparent prevalence.

epi.detectsize: Now includes option for adjusting for correlated test results.

Disclaimer: these libraries are work in progress. Additional functions are added as the need arises. These links will be updated as further functions are added. Suggestions most welcome!