age {wakefield}

Generate Random Vector of Ages

Description

Generate a random vector of ages within the provided range. The default age range is set between 18 and 89, to match the age ranges which appear (see e.g., https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/variables/53/vshow).

Usage

age(n, x = 18:89, prob = NULL, name = "Age")

Arguments

n

The number elements to generate. This can be globally set within the environment of r_data_frame or r_list.

x

A vector of elements to chose from.

prob

A vector of probabilities to chose from.

name

The name to assign to the output vector's varname attribute. This is used to auto assign names to the column/vector name when used inside of r_data_frame or r_list.

Value

Returns a random integer vector of ages within the provided range (defaults to 18:89).

See Also

Other variable functions: animal(), answer(), area(), car(), children(), coin(), color, date_stamp(), death(), dice(), dna(), dob(), dummy(), education(), employment(), eye(), grade_level(), grade(), group(), hair(), height(), income(), internet_browser(), iq(), language, level(), likert(), lorem_ipsum(), marital(), military(), month(), name, normal(), political(), race(), religion(), sat(), sentence(), sex_inclusive(), sex(), smokes(), speed(), state(), string(), upper(), valid(), year(), zip_code()

Examples

age(10) # draw 10 ages with default values
hist(age(n=10000))  
interval(age, 3, n = 1000)