shorth {moonboot} | R Documentation |
Mean of the Shorthest Half
Description
Calculates the mean of the data points in the shortest interval containing half of the data.
The arguments of the function are such that it directly can be used as a
statistic in the mboot()
function.
Usage
shorth(data, indices = NULL)
Arguments
data |
the data as a numeric vector. |
indices |
the selected indices of |
Value
The mean of the data points in the shortest interval containing half of the data.
References
Andrews D.F. et al. (1972) Robust Estimates of Location Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Examples
data <- rnorm(100)
shorth(data)
shorth(data, sample(1:100, size = 20))
# Calculating a CI for shorth using [mboot()]
data <- rnorm(100)
boot.out <- mboot(data, shorth, m = sqrt(length(data)))
basic.ci <- mboot.ci(boot.out, conf =0.95, tau = function(n) return(n^(1/3)), types = "basic")$basic
[Package moonboot version 1.0.1 Index]