Appendix III-Statlib S archive contents (nonrandom sample)

topical.index

Topical index of the many fine software routines for S and S-PLUS which are available from StatLib. Maintained by Charles Roosen, charles@playfair.stanford.edu [28/Aug/95] (5k)

boxmat

Boxplot Matrix. Extension of the standard oneway boxplot to cross-classified data with multiple observations per cell. A shar file which includes implementations in S and XLISPSTAT and the LaTeX paper. Richard M. Heiberger (rmh@astro.ocis.temple.edu) [19/Oct/92](138485 bytes)

br

A fortran program running through Splus which performs additive, robust nonparametric regression with automatic data transformation using a Bayesian Monte Carlo Markov Chain as the method of estimation. Based on Smith and Kohn, 'Nonparametric regression using Bayesian variable selection', (to appear in the Journal of Econometrics.) Submitted by Mike Smithmikes@agsm.unsw.edu.au [28/Aug/95] (270 Kbytes)

bystats

Function to compute proportions, means, and other statistics by levels of one or more classification variables. Frank Harrell (feh@biostat.mc.duke.edu) [17/Sept/93] [5/Jan/94][4/May/94][1/Mar/95](19k)

convert

translate S matrices into UNIX format sas, bmdp or blss data sets and vice versa. Also includes a function for writing an S matrix into source for xlisp. Contr. by Phil Spector (spector@gandalf.berkeley.edu) [21/May/91] (41346 bytes)

cox_ph

This is the shar file of GAM Cox prop hazards model, implemented in S/Splus (with most stuff in C/ratfor for efficiency). Splus driver comes with support of formula language prevalent in most other fitting software in S (lm, glm, gam etc). Rafal Kustra, rafal@utstat.utoronto. [23/Jan/95] (62k)

data.frame

Revised and new functions and methods for handling data frames in S. These allow new classes of objects to be included as variables, improve consistency and efficiency, and make better use of classes and methods. Paper (latex) and detailed documentation included. (jmc@research.att.com) [9/Feb/94] (43k)

data.report

A shar archive containing the postscript version (data.ps) and the tex files to produce it for an AT&T Bell Labs reseearch report on data managment in S. (jmc@research.att.com) [30/June/92] (260430 bytes)

date

A shar archive of S functions for dealing with dates. The most useful of them accepts a vector of input dates in any of the forms 8/30/53, 30Aug53, 30 August 1953,..., August 30 53, or any mixture of these. Submitted by Terry Therneau (therneau@mayo.edu)

faq

This article contains answers to some of the most frequently asked questions in Snews. Charles Roosen charles@playfair.stanford.edu [12/Nov/92][23/Jan/95][28/Aug/95] (59k)

gee

A shar file containing S functions and a C engine for the Liang/Zeger generalized estimating equation approach to GLMs for dependent data. This revision includes support of model formulae. (carey@hsph.harvard.edu)

impute

Class and methods for imputation of missing values Works with the describe function (counts no. of imputed values) and the transcan function (develops imputation models predicting each predictor variable from all other predictors). Frank Harrell (feh@biostat.mc.duke.edu) [17/Sept/93] [8/Nov/93] [30/Mar/94] [1/Mar/95] (16k)

imsl

A shar archive containing New S code for using IMSL routines from S. Includes a patch for error handling and print routines, a Makefile, and examples of interface routines and S functions. Created by Ritei Shibata (shibata@statlab.math.keio.ac.jp) [6/May/89](21202 bytes)

imsl2

Simpler IMSL interface to new S than the previous 'imsl'. The new dynamic loading routine dyn.load2, contributed by Bill Dunlap, is necessary. Necessary subroutines will be directly searched for the IMSL library. A shar archive. ( shibata@math.keio.ac.jp ) [14/Dec/89] (19718 bytes)

jpn

A shar archive containing S functions to plot the coast-line of Japan and prefecture boundaries; similar to the usa() function. Contributed by Ritei Shibata (shibata@statlab.math.keio.ac.jp) [6/May/89](73845 bytes)

kalman

A pair of S functions, named filter and forecast, implementing Kalman filter recursions using the EM algorithm. nantig@fi.gs.com (Gary Nan-Tie) [17/Nov/93] (9k)

latex.table

Convert an S matrix to a LaTeX table, with major groupings, decimal alignment, multi-page tables, and control of number of digits to right of decimal point. See also `mat2tex'. Supersceded by print.display. Frank Harrell (feh@biostat.mc.duke.edu) [6/Oct/92][17/Sept/93] (16kbytes)

linreg

LINREG contains 9 functions useful in linear regression for diagnostics, residual plotting, Box and Cox transformations, an Anova table, bootstrap of a linear regression and a sequential ANOVA table. A shar archive. Submitted by Christian Leger (leger@iro.umontreal.ca) [14/Sept/90] [23/Oct/91] (31897 bytes)

logist

Function to fit binary and ordinal logistic regression models using maximum likelihood. Shar file, requires Fortran 77, prefers dynamic loading. Created by Frank Harrell (harre002@dukemc.mc.duke.edu). [17/Dec/90] (43616 bytes)

modapplstat

Software, scripts, and data from the book Modern Applied Statistics with S-Plus by W.N. Venables & B.D. Ripley. There are unix archives and a Windows version. This material is not available via e-mail. Contributed by Brian Ripley (ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk). [22/Jun/94][19/Oct/94]

modelsum

A tabular summary of functions introduced in 'Statistical Models in S'. LaTeX document, 6 pages. (zaslavsk@hustat.harvard.edu) [18/March/92] (10151 bytes)

multinom

A shar archive of functions to provide a model class for fitting log-linear multinomial models without using surrogate Poisson models. Also includes an enhanced nnet library (see modapplstat). Uses C. Contributed by Brian Ripley (ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk). [19/Oct/94] (53 kb)

nlme

Classes and methods to fit and display linear and nonlinear mixed effects models. Contributed by Douglas Bates (bates@stat.wisc.edu), Jose' Pinheiro (pinheiro@stat.wisc.edu), and Mary Lindstrom (lindstro@stat.wisc.edu) [3/Jun/93] [6/Feb/94] [1/Mar/95](1.03 Mbytes)

rcorr

function to compute a Pearson or Spearman correlation matrix based on pairwise deletion of missing data Frank Harrell (feh@biostat.mc.duke.edu) [11/Mar/94][31/May/94][8/Aug/94] (12k)

repeated

Ian Abramson's S-program and manual for likelihood-free repeated measures/growth curve fits; handles imbalance, multiple fixed/floating effects, dependencies. (abramson@osiris.UCSD.EDU) [21/Dec/89] (30231 bytes)

robust

Collection of S functions for robust statistics plus a model class for robust linear regression via Huber's M-estimator with valid standard errors for estimates. Also contains some `dirty' datasets. Superseded by modapplstat.

s.f77.c.libs

Simple interface from S to f77 or C programs which use Fortran I/O. No modifications to either S or IMSL are required! IMSL and some other libraries use Fortran I/O for errors. Partial replacement for dyn.load() when dyn.load is unavailable. (rmh@gaia.stat.temple.edu). [27/Nov/89] (7775 bytes)

sas.get

an update to the S-Plus function for converting SAS datasets to S data frames or lists. Submitted by Frank Harrell (feh@biostat.mc.duke.edu) [23/July/92] [8/Aug/92][6/Oct/93][5/Jan/94][1/Mar/95](39 kbytes)

sas.vs.S

A short (and somewhat outdated) comparision of Sas and S. (therneau@mayo.edu) Terry Therneau, [20/Dec/93] (11 kbytes)

sguide.ps1

`Introductory Guide to S-Plus'. A beginners' guide to doing statistics in S-Plus. SGuide.ps1 and SGuide.ps2 are PostScript fullsize and reduced 2-on-1 respectively. Archive ripley is also needed. Submitted by Brian Ripley (ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk) [7/Aug/92] [19/Oct/92] [21/Feb/94][19/Oct/94] (sguide.ps1 485 kbytes; .ps2 474kb)

slab

A lab course for teaching probability and statistics includes a postscript lab manual and some new functions which make S easier for students to use. Contributed by Doug Nychka (nychka@stat.ncsu.edu). [2/Mar/95] (3 kbytes). The actual compressed tar file is available as slab.tar.Z in the S collection. Access this file via gopher, FTP, or the WWW, but not e-mail.

smoothers

A set of S functions used to build a variety of Tukey median based smoothers and digital filters. Contributed by Colin Goodall (colin@jackknife.princeton.edu). [16/June/89](10664 bytes)

splines

A shar achive of spline code for new S. It requires that you be able to dynamically load new C code. Contributed by Doug Bates (bates@stat.wisc.edu). [1/May/89],[11/Jan/90][Revised 24/Jan/90] (15679 bytes)

survival4

Functions for survival analysis. A major update to survival3. (therneau@mayo.edu) [17/Oct/94][29/Nov/94] (596k)

survival4.doc

Ancillary documentation for 'survival4', including a writeup of comments and examples (latex) plus some smaller notes on specific topics. (therneau@mayo.edu) [17/Oct/94] [29/Nov/94] (227k)

s.to.latex

Tools for converting S help files and S code to latex, and a corresponding latex .sty file. Submitted by Chambers and Hastie (trevor@research.att.com) [23/Mar/93] (15k)

tutor

A menu-driven interactive tutorial program for Splus. It provides an introductory overview to many Splus functions and utilities. Contributed by Fu-Chuen Chang, (changfc@math.nsysu.edu.tw) [1/Aug/95] (29kbytes)

world.map

A complete world political map. Much more detailed (and much larger) than either world or world.hires. Available only via FTP. Submitted by Becker and Wilks. [14/May/92]