median.rv {rv} | R Documentation |
Compute the distribution sample median of the vector of values given as its argument.
median.rv(x, na.rm = FALSE)
x |
a randomv vector containing the components whose distribution of the median value is to be computed. |
na.rm |
a logical value indicating whether NA
values should be stripped before the computation proceeds. |
Kerman, J. and Gelman, A. (2007). Manipulating and Summarizing Posterior Simulations Using Random Variable Objects. Statistics and Computing 17:3, 235-244.
See also vignette("rv")
.
rvmedian
for the componentwise medians.
quantile
for general quantiles.
x <- rvnorm(10) # A random vector. median.rv(x) # A random scalar. rvmedian(x) # A numeric vector of length 10.