Sex Ratio Test
Arguments
- sex
A vector of values that indicate sex
- codes
Codes used to identify males and females (in that order)
- pop
Relative populations of males and females (in that order)
Value
A list of class "sexRatioTest" with:
| Variable | Description |
| pM | Observed proportion male |
| eM | Expected proportion male |
| X2 | Chi-squared test statistic |
| df | Degrees of freedom for Chi-squared test |
| p | p-value for Chi-squared test |
Examples
# Use sexRatioTest() on household roster data from a survey in Tanzania
# (as.ex01) and census data of Tanzania extracted from Wolfram|Alpha knowledge
# engine (as.ex02)
svy <- as.ex01
ref <- as.ex02
censusM <- sum(ref$Males)
censusF <- sum(ref$Females)
sexRatioTest(svy$sex, codes = c(1, 2), pop = c(censusM, censusF))
#>
#> Sex Ratio Test
#>
#> Expected proportion male = 0.4988
#> Observed proportion male = 0.4914
#> X-squared = 1.8713, p = 0.1713
#>