| simCorVars {MKmisc} | R Documentation |
Simulate correlated variables.
Description
The function simulates a pair of correlated variables.
Usage
simCorVars(n, r, plot = TRUE)
Arguments
n |
integer: sample size. |
r |
numeric: correlation. |
plot |
logical: generate scatter plot of the variables. |
Details
The function is mainly for teaching purposes and simulates n observations
from a pair of normal distributed variables with correlation r.
By specifying plot = TRUE a scatter plot of the data is generated.
Value
data.frame with entries Var1 and Var2
Author(s)
Matthias Kohl Matthias.Kohl@stamats.de
Examples
res <- simCorVars(n = 100, r = 0.8)
cor(res$Var1, res$Var2)
[Package MKmisc version 1.9 Index]