somersD: Calculates Somer's D

In poliscidata: Datasets and Functions Featured in Pollock and Edwards, an R Companion to Essentials of Political Analysis, Second Edition

Description

This function calculates the Somer's D measure of association statistic. This function makes use of the svytable function from the survey package.

Usage

somersD(formula, data)

Arguments

formula	A formula in the form ~ indepvar + depvar
data	A design dataset (e.g. gssD, nesD, statesD, or worldD)

Value

Return Somer's D measure of association statistic, a number between 0 and 1.

Examples

   library(poliscidata)
   
   somersD(~ dem_educ3 + envjob_3, nesD)

Example output

     Somers'dyx:
[1] -0.02905914

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