Bayesian demographic estimation and forecasting.
demest provides tools for making inferences about cross-classified rates, probabilities, means, and counts, using Bayesian methods. The software and methods are still under development.
The main functions are:
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estimateModel: estimate rates, probabilities, or means from a single reliable dataset. -
estimateCounts: estimate counts, and the associated rates or probabilities, from multiple noisy datasets. -
estimateCounts: estimate a demographic account, and the associated rates or probabilities, from multiple noisy datasets.estimateAccountis not finished yet.
demest uses functions and data structures from package dembase.
Install demest from github with:
library(devtools)
install_github("StatisticsNZ/demest", build_vignettes = TRUE)
Copyright and Licensing
The package is Crown copyright (c) 2016, Statistics New Zealand on behalf of the New Zealand Government, and is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE file).
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