X-Git-Url: https://git.nmode.ca/Rnaught/blobdiff_plain/9d7b542a1eb1eead875ad7f939936e4d8ac83145..5f4889d4df5e94f194ef7f8b839496db04b17f4e:/R/ID.R?ds=inline diff --git a/R/ID.R b/R/ID.R index b5fc8c2..cd991a4 100644 --- a/R/ID.R +++ b/R/ID.R @@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ #' This method is based on an approximation of the SIR model, which is most valid at the beginning of an epidemic. #' The method assumes that the mean of the serial distribution (sometimes called the serial interval) is known. #' The final estimate can be quite sensitive to this value, so sensitivity testing is strongly recommended. -#' Users should be careful about units of time (e.g. are counts observed daily or weekly?) when implementing. +#' Users should be careful about units of time (e.g., are counts observed daily or weekly?) when implementing. #' -#' @param NT Vector of case counts -#' @param mu Mean of the serial distribution (needs to match case counts in time units; for example, if case counts are -#' weekly and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set to one, if case -#' counts are daily and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set to seven) +#' @param NT Vector of case counts. +#' @param mu Mean of the serial distribution. This needs to match case counts in time units. For example, if case counts +#' are weekly and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set to one If case +#' counts are daily and the serial distribution has a mean of seven days, then \code{mu} should be set to seven. #' -#' @return \code{ID} returns a list containing the following components: \code{Rhat} is the estimate of R0 and -#' \code{inputs} is a list of the original input variables \code{NT, mu}. +#' @return \code{ID} returns a single value, the estimate of R0. #' #' @examples #' ## ===================================================== ##