trimmed_quantile {cpr}

Trimmed Quantiles

Description

For data X = x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n, with order statistics x_{(1)}, x_{(2)}, \ldots, x_{(r)} return the quantiles for a trimmed data set, e.g., \boldsymbol{X} \backslash \{x_{(1)}, x_{(r)}\} (trim = 1), or \boldsymbol{X} \backslash \{x_{(1)}, x_{(2)}, x_{(r-1)}, x_{(r)}\} (trim = 2).

Usage

trimmed_quantile(x, trim = 1L, use_unique = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector

trim

defaults to 1, omitting the min and the max

use_unique

logical, if true (defaults), base the quantiles on unique values, if false, base the quantiles on all data, after trimming.

...

other arguments to pass to stats::quantile

Value

a numeric vector, the return from quantile

See Also

quantile

Examples

trimmed_quantile(1:100, prob = 1:23 / 24, name = FALSE)

# Warning
# trimmed_quantile(1:100, trim = .3, prob = 1:23 / 24, name = FALSE)

# no warning
trimmed_quantile(1:100, trim = 3, prob = 1:23 / 24, name = FALSE)