[R] problem finding p-value for entropy in reldist package

[Uwe Ligges]

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Uwe Ligges


On 11.07.2011 19:24, VictorDelgado wrote:
> Hi Amy Wesolowski,
>
> I don't have a straightfoward answer to you question. I have been working
> with reldist too, and the 'rpy' and 'rpluy' functions described by "Applying
> Relative Distribution Methods in R" are also not working here in my 2.9.1
> R-version. I think its because they are reldist internall function, so,
> maybe its possible that they only work with previous objects and set ups...
>
> But if you look to internal parametres of reldist, you could set "ci =
> TRUE", it's constructs the confidence interval for entropy by the proportion
> of original cohort. It's still unhelpfull to understand how this intervall
> is constructed, and also does not show the overall interval, but you can se
> the values with $ci.
>
> By the Handcock and Morris (1998) paper is posible to intuit that they are
> comparing the 0.00 entropy with the 95% Confidence Interval around the
> estimate. For example, in this artigle, pag. 74, they reach an overall
> entropy of 0.125, the lower 95%_CI is 0.092. The 0.00 comparision is far
> below this lower bound, so its resonable to think the p-value is realy
> 0.000.
>
> But it's only a clue to approximate the true p-value. But we still needing
> to see: 1) how this intervall is constructed (I have no idea what
> distribution the entropy should have, and if it changes by data) and 2)
> Knowing the first point, how to set alpha values).
>
> Good luck,
>
> Victor Delgado
> cedeplar.ufmg.br P.H.D. student
> www.fjp.mg.gov.br reseacher
>
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