calculate_error: Calculate error of a selection
In sms: Spatial Microsimulation

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Calculate the error of a selection.

1	calculate_error(selection, area_census, lexicon)

`selection`	A population selection, to evaluate its error
`area_census`	An area from census (a row)
`lexicon`	A data.frame with details about data connections

Calculates the Total Absolute Error (TAE) of a selection for a census area.

TAE Total Absolute Error of this selection against the census description of this area.

Dimitris Kavroudakis dimitris123@gmail.com

library(sms)
data(survey) #load the data
data(census)
in.lexicon=createLexicon() # Create a data lexicon for holding the associated column names.
in.lexicon=addDataAssociation(in.lexicon, c("he","he"))
in.lexicon=addDataAssociation(in.lexicon, c("females","female"))

#Select the first area from the census table
this_area=as.data.frame(census[1,]) 

#make a random selection of individuals for this area.
selection=random_panel_selection( survey, this_area$population ) 

#evaluate the Total Absolute Error (TAE) for this selection
error=calculate_error( selection, this_area, in.lexicon ) 
print( error )    # print the error of the selection