Computes entropy-based segregation indices, as developed by Theil (1971) <isbn:978-0471858454>, with a focus on the Mutual Information Index (M) and Theil's Information Index (H). The M, further described by Mora and Ruiz-Castillo (2011) <doi:10.1111/j.1467-9531.2011.01237.x> and Frankel and Volij (2011) <doi:10.1016/j.jet.2010.10.008>, is a measure of segregation that is highly decomposable. The package provides tools to decompose the index by units and groups (local segregation), and by within and between terms. The package also provides a method to decompose differences in segregation as described by Elbers (2021) <doi:10.1177/0049124121986204> Includes standard error estimation by bootstrapping.
Version: | 0.5.0 |
Imports: | data.table |
Suggests: | testthat, covr, knitr, rmarkdown |
Published: | 2021-02-08 |
Author: | Benjamin Elbers |
Maintainer: | Benjamin Elbers <be2239 at columbia.edu> |
BugReports: | https://github.com/elbersb/segregation/issues |
License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
URL: | https://elbersb.github.io/segregation/ |
NeedsCompilation: | no |
Materials: | README NEWS |
CRAN checks: | segregation results |
Reference manual: | segregation.pdf |
Vignettes: |
A walkthrough of the segregation package |
Package source: | segregation_0.5.0.tar.gz |
Windows binaries: | r-devel: segregation_0.5.0.zip, r-release: segregation_0.5.0.zip, r-oldrel: segregation_0.5.0.zip |
macOS binaries: | r-release: segregation_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel: segregation_0.5.0.tgz |
Old sources: | segregation archive |
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