PRR: Proportional Reporting Rate (PRR)

In bips-hb/pvm: PharmacoVigilance Methods

Proportional Reporting Rate (PRR)

Description

Determines the proportional reporting rate to a collection of 2 x 2 tables of the form

	event	not event
drug	a	c
not drug	b	d

In case the parameter alpha is set, it returns the lower endpoint of the 100(1 - \alpha) percent confidence interval.

Usage

PRR(a, b, c, d, alpha = NULL)

Arguments

a	A vector with the counts of the upper left corner of the tables
b	A vector with the counts of the lower left corner of the tables
c	A vector with the counts of the upper right corner of the tables
d	A vector with the counts of the lower right corner of the tables
alpha	Value between (0,1). If set, the lower endpoint the confidence (or credible) interval is returned. (Default = NULL)

Value

The PRR or the lower endpoint of the confidence interval

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