Hi, There is nothing sacrosanct about taking a random sample of size 1 then 2 then 3 versus just taking one random sample of size 6 (with replacement, if you like) and then just use the first element, elements 2:3 and elements 4:6.
HTH, Josh On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:59, alfredo <alfredote...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to randomly sample a vector N times, where each successive random > sample increases in size. I have realised that the function sample does not > take vectors for arguments. For example, > > x<-rnorm(20,0,1) > sample(x,c(1,2,3)) ## will only return one random sample of size 1. > Dat <- sample(x, 6) Dat[1] Dat[2:3] Dat[4:6] > The trick seems to be getting past the size argument of the function. I've > tried different things without success. Any help would be most appreciated! > > Thanks, > > A > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Size-argument-in-sample-function-tp3605486p3605486.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
