Package: eco
Version: 3.1-6
Date: 2012-5-29
Title: R Package for Ecological Inference in 2x2 Tables
Author: Kosuke Imai <kimai@princeton.edu>, Ying Lu <yl46@nyu.edu>,
Aaron Strauss <abstraus@Princeton.EDU>.
Maintainer: Ying Lu <yl46@nyu.edu>
Depends: R (>= 2.0), MASS, utils
Description: eco is a publicly available R package that implements the
Bayesian and likelihood methods proposed in Imai, Lu, and
Strauss (2008) for ecological inference in $2 \times 2$ tables
as well as the method of bounds introduced by Duncan and Davis
(1953).  The package fits both parametric and nonparametric
models using either the Expectation-Maximization algorithms
(for likelihood models) or the Markov chain Monte Carlo
algorithms (for Bayesian models).  For all models, the
individual-level data can be directly incorporated into the
estimation whenever such data are available.  Along with
in-sample and out-of-sample predictions, the package also
provides a functionality which allows one to quantify the
effect of data aggregation on parameter estimation and
hypothesis testing under the parametric likelihood models.
LazyLoad: yes
LazyData: yes
License: GPL (>= 2)
URL: http://imai.princeton.edu/software/eco.html
Packaged: 2012-05-29 15:44:23 UTC; kimai
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2012-06-12 06:36:54

Title: Ecological Inference in 2x2 Tables
Description: We implement the Bayesian and likelihood methods proposed
in Imai, Lu, and Strauss (2008, 2011) for ecological inference in 2
by 2 tables as well as the method of bounds introduced by Duncan and
Davis (1953).  The package fits both parametric and nonparametric
models using either the Expectation-Maximization algorithms (for
likelihood models) or the Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms (for
Bayesian models).  For all models, the individual-level data can be
directly incorporated into the estimation whenever such data are available.

person("Kosuke", "Imai", , "kimai@Princeton.Edu", c("aut")),
person("Ying", "Lu", , "ying.lu@nyu.edu", c("aut", "cre")),
person("Aaron", "Strauss", , "aaronbstrauss@gmail.com", c("aut")),
Description: Implements the Bayesian and likelihood methods proposed
in Imai, Lu, and Strauss (2008 <DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpm017>) and
(2011 <DOI:10.18637/jss.v042.i05>) for ecological inference in 2