This function sorts an associationMatrix ascendingly or descendingly by one
of its columns.
# S3 method for associationMatrix sort(x, decreasing = TRUE, byColumn = 1, ...)
| x | The |
|---|---|
| decreasing | Whether to sort ascendingly (FALSE) or descending (TRUE). |
| byColumn | Which column to sort the matrix by, as an index. |
| … | Passed on to |
Note that if the associationMatrix contains values of different effectsizes,
the sorting may be misleading. For example, a value of Cohen's d of .45 is higher
than a value of Pearson's r of .35, and so will end up higher in a 'decreasing'
sort - even though the association represented by an r of .35 is stronger than
that represented by a d of .45.
Furthermore, only asymmetrical associationMatrices can be sorted; sorting a symmetrical association matrix would also change the order of the columns, after all.
The associationMatrix, but sorted.
sort(associationMatrix(infert, y=c("parity", "age"), x=c("induced", "case", "spontaneous"), colNames=TRUE));#> parity age #> induced r=[0.34; 0.54] r=[-0.22; 0.02] #> r=0.45, p<.001 r=-0.1, p=.227 #> spontaneous r=[0.2; 0.42] r=[-0.21; 0.04] #> r=0.31, p<.001 r=-0.08, p=.279 #> case r=[-0.12; 0.13] r=[-0.12; 0.13] #> r=0.01, p=.956 r=0, p=.956