RelDivers {OasisR} | R Documentation |
A function to compute multigroup relative diversity index
Description
The relative diversity index is a multigroup
index based on Simpson's interaction index ISimpson
Usage
RelDivers(x)
Arguments
x |
an object of class matrix (or which can be coerced to that class), where each column represents the distribution of a group within spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than 1 (at least 2 groups are required). You should not include a column with total population, because this will be interpreted as a group. |
Value
The multigroup relative diversity index value (numeric)
References
Carlson S. M. (1992) Trends in race/sex occupational inequality: conceptual and measurement issues. Social Problems, 39, p. 269-290
See Also
multigroup indices:
PMulti
, GiniMulti
, DMulti
,
HMulti
, CMulti
Social diversity indices:
HShannon
, NShannon
,
ISimpson
,
Examples
x <- segdata@data[ ,1:2]
RelDivers(x)
[Package OasisR version 3.1.1 Index]