sam.cor {multilevel}R Documentation

Generate a Sample that Correlates with a Fixed Set of Observations

Description

This function will generate a sample of numbers (y) that are correlated with a fixed set of observations (x). The degree of correlation between x and y is determined by the parameter rho (the population correlation). Note that the sample correlation of x and y will vary around the true population correlation, but this variation will decrease as the size of x increases.

Usage

sam.cor(x,rho)

Arguments

x The fixed set of observations.
rho The targeted population correlation value.

Value

The function prints the sample correlation for the specific set of numbers generated.

y A vector of numbers correlated with x.

Author(s)

Paul Bliese paul.bliese@us.army.mil

See Also

simbias

Examples

   data(bh1996)
   NEWVAR<-sam.cor(x=bh1996$LEAD,rho=.30)
   cor(bh1996$LEAD,NEWVAR)

[Package multilevel version 2.2 Index]