betaCheck: betaCheck function

In eiwild: Ecological Inference with individual and aggregate data

Description

Given starting values for the beta values on the first level of the ecological inference model, betaCheck checks if parameters are correctly specified

Usage

betaCheck(arr, r, c, prec)

Arguments

arr	array with beta values. 1st dimension: rows, 2nd dimension columns, 3rd dimension precincts
r	number of rows in the RxC-table
c	number of cols in the RxC-table
prec	number of precincts

Value

betaarry if everything is okay. Error-message if something fails.

Examples

## Not run: 
# right beta array
beta1 <- rep(c(0,0.25,0.75), each=3)
beta2 <- rep(beta1, 3)
betaRight <- array(beta2, dim=c(3,3,3))
betaCheck(betaRight, 3,3,3)

# wrong beta array
betaWrong <- array(1:27, dim=c(3,3,3))
betaCheck(betaWrong)

## End(Not run)

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