# Testing for Population Trends Using Low-Cost Ecological Count Data

## Documentation for package ‘birp’ version 0.0.6

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation
- Package NEWS

## Help Pages

birp-package | Testing for Population Trends Using Low-Cost Ecological Count Data
assess_NB | Assess whether a Poisson model can replace the Negative Binomial model
birp | Create a 'birp' Object
birp_data | Create a birp_data Object from Count and Effort Matrices
birp_data_from_data_frame | Create a 'birp_data' Object from a Data Frame or List of Data Frames
birp_data_from_file | Create a birp_data Object from File(s)
birp_from_command_line | Create a birp Object from Command-Line Output Files
plot.birp | Plot posterior distributions of rate and/or step change parameters
plot.birp_data | Plot a birp_data Object
plot_epoch_pair | Plot joint posterior of two gamma parameters
plot_mcmc | Plot MCMC Traces and Posterior Densities
plot_trend | Plot Posterior Trend Estimates
print.birp | Print a birp object
print.birp_data | Print a birp_data object Prints a summary of a 'birp_data' object, including the number of methods, locations, control-intervention (CI) groups, and timepoints, as well as the names or identifiers for each.
prob_step | Posterior probability of a step change
prob_trend | Posterior probability of a population trend
prob_trend_diff | Pairwise posterior comparisons of population trends
simulate_birp | Simulate Data for BIRP Models Generates simulated count data using the BIRP model framework with user-defined parameters.
simulate_birp_from_results | This function simulates a birp_data object using all parameter estimates, dimensionality (methods, locations, timepoints) and the total number of counts nu_ij of a birp object
summary.birp | Summary method for birp objects
summary.birp_data | Summarize a birp_data object