french.1: A fake dataset, french.1

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References

View source: R/simulate.R

Description

Generate a fake dataset, for simulation purposes, that is somewhat similar to the data on multiple sclerosis in the Lorraine Region of France as in El Adssi et. al. (2012).

Usage

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french.1(pop, n, k)

Arguments

pop

A data frame containing a template for the population.

n

The size of the target population.

k

The number of lists.

Details

This function is the guts for a capture-recapture experiment that is specified by the heters argument in the function poptop; with a minor revision ot the function captures, you could create your own guts function for a very different capture-recapture experiment that sits within the same coding framework.

Value

A data frame, which gets passed back up to the main function poptop for a bit of cleaning.

Author(s)

Zach Kurtz

References

El Adssi H, Debouverie M and Guillemin F (2012). "Estimating the prevalence and incidence of multiple sclerosis in the Lorraine region, France, by the capture-Recapture method." Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 18(9), pp. 1244-1250.


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