rmultinomial {multinomRob}R Documentation

Random Number Generator for the Multinomial Distribution

Description

Generates a random count vector for one observation of a multinomial distribution for n trials with probability vector pr.

Usage

rmultinomial(n = 5, pr = c(0.5, 0.5), long = FALSE)

Arguments

n Number of trials.
pr Probability vector.
long TRUE to choose one generator, FALSE to choose another one.

Details

Generates a random count vector for one observation of a multinomial distribution for n trials with probability vector pr.

Value

x Vector of counts.

Note

This function is only used in the examples and not in the multinomRob code.

Author(s)

Walter R. Mebane, Jr., Cornell University, wrm1@cornell.edu, http://macht.arts.cornell.edu/wrm1/

Jasjeet S. Sekhon, UC Berkeley, sekhon@berkeley.edu, http://sekhon.berkeley.edu/

Examples

 rmultinomial(10, c(.3, .3, .4));

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