exponent_tilt: P-values from Importing Sampling using Exponential tilting
In genogeographer: Methods for Analysing Forensic Ancestry Informative Markers

Description Usage Arguments Details Value

P-values from Importing Sampling using Exponential tilting

1	exponent_tilt(x0, x1, n, p_limit = 0.1, B = 500, return_all = FALSE)

`x0`	Allele count of profile
`x1`	Population allele count
`n`	Sampled alleles in total in population
`p_limit`	Upper limit to which we use the normal approximation
`B`	An integer specifying the number of importance samples.
`return_all`	Default is FALSE. If TRUE: Returns p-value, standard deviation, and method (and diagnostics).

The method of importance sampling described in Tvedebrink et al (2018), Section 2.3 is implemented. It relies on exponential tilting of the proposal distribution using in the importance sampling.

If return_all= FALSE the p-value is returned. Otherwise list of elements (see return_all) is returned.

genogeographer documentation built on Sept. 27, 2019, 5:03 p.m.