Suppose my results comes out like this,


<40%

>40%

Total

No disease

131

75

206

Have disease

27

6

33







239

My odds ratio: 27/(27+131))/(131/(27+131)) = 0.206

I want to calculate the confidence interval for it.
Mike

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) <
nord...@dshs.wa.gov> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
> > project.org] On Behalf Of C W
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:18 AM
> > To: r-help
> > Subject: [R] What package to use to calculate odds ratio and the
> > confidence interval?
> >
> > Hi list,
> > I am trying to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, and odds
> > ratio(and
> > confidence interval).
> > Say, my data looks like this
> >
> > 42.53, 37.56, 40.51, 32.67, 38.19, 81.74, 41.55, 68.94, 59, 63, 54.13,
> > 48.85, 50.46, 51.78
> >
> > Is there any packages in R that does this?  Espeically the odds ratio
> > confidence interval.
> >
> > Mike
>
> You need to provide more information than  you have.  The odds of
> something happening is the probability of it happening divided by
> (1-probability).  To calculate the odds ratio, you need to have odds for
> two different groups.  I suspect you need to get some local statistical
> assistance on these concepts before you will get much help on R packages
> and functions.
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel J. Nordlund
> Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
> Planning, Performance, and Accountability
> Research and Data Analysis Division
> Olympia, WA 98504-5204
>
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