simulate_sample_groups {Corbi}

Simulate sample groups from given samples with labels

Description

Generate sample groups with desired labels and sizes from given sample labels.

Usage

simulate_sample_groups(labels, groups, sizes, replace = FALSE)

Arguments

labels

a vector containing the label of each sample in the pool.

groups

a vector containing the desired label of samples in each group. The label must be available in the sample pool provided by labels.

sizes

integer vector indicating the desired number of samples in each group. The length must be either one or the same as groups.

replace

logical variable indicating whether sampling is with replacement.

Value

This function will return a list with the same length as groups. Each component is a vector containing the indexes of samples that are sampled for the corresponding group.