Re: [R] Sample without replacement
Mark G Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, I have a simple problem (checked the archives and the
> appropriate help pages, to no avail). I want to creat a vector that
> is length(2000). The vector is to consist of two strings( "std" and
> "dev") with 1760 "std"s and 240 "dev"s. Furthermore, for each element
> of the vector, i want the selection of one of the strings to be
> approx. random. The end result will be a vector with the following
> proportions: .12 "dev" and .88 "std". My solution, below, almost
> works, but i don't get the exact desired proportions:
>
>
> sample.from.vector <- c(rep("std",1760),rep("dev",240))
>
> make.vector <- rep(99,2000)
>
> for (i in 1:2000){
>make.vector[i] <- sample(sample.from.vector,1,replace=F)
> }
>
>
> As I understand the above code (which is not very well, obviously),
> each iteration assigns one element from the sample.from.vector to the
> current make.vector element; the element choosen from
> sample.from.vector is tagged so that i is not selected again.
> However, after the loop, make.vector contains, for example, 1758 stds
> and 242 devs. Each iteration results in a different proportion of
> stds and devs (although close to the desired, not right on).
>
> Any help would be greatly apprecitated.
It's staring you right in the face:
make.vector <- sample(sample.from.vector)
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[R] Sample without replacement
Hello, I have a simple problem (checked the archives and the appropriate
help pages, to no avail). I want to creat a vector that is length(2000).
The vector is to consist of two strings( "std" and "dev") with 1760 "std"s
and 240 "dev"s. Furthermore, for each element of the vector, i want the
selection of one of the strings to be approx. random. The end result will
be a vector with the following proportions: .12 "dev" and .88 "std".
My solution, below, almost works, but i don't get the exact desired
proportions:
sample.from.vector <- c(rep("std",1760),rep("dev",240))
make.vector <- rep(99,2000)
for (i in 1:2000){
make.vector[i] <- sample(sample.from.vector,1,replace=F)
}
As I understand the above code (which is not very well, obviously), each
iteration assigns one element from the sample.from.vector to the current
make.vector element; the element choosen from sample.from.vector is
tagged so that i is not selected again. However, after the loop,
make.vector contains, for example, 1758 stds and 242 devs. Each
iteration results in a different proportion of stds and devs (although
close to the desired, not right on).
Any help would be greatly apprecitated.
-Mark Orr
Mark G. Orr
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dept. of Neuroscience
RM 825 Kennedy Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-2610
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