iqv: Index of Qualitative Variation

In prestevez/victim: Victimisation Analysis and Reporting

Description

A simple index of qualitative variation based on the equation in http://bit.ly/2qThZgd. The equation is:

IQV = \frac{k(100^2 - ∑ p^2)}{100^2(k-1)}

Usage

iqv(x)

Arguments

x	a dataframe with columns of counts for each k category

Examples

years_by_state <- reshape2::dcast(testdata, CVE_ENT ~ yearsquant)
iqv(years_by_state)

# IQV per state
apply(years_by_state, 1, iqv)

prestevez/victim documentation built on Jan. 30, 2020, 7:16 p.m.