Hi D., One option would be to use the boot library:
require(boot) x <-c(1, 0, 0.153846154, 0, 0.142857143) mycv <- function(x, id){ xs <- x[id] sd(xs)/mean(xs) } my.boot <- boot(x, mycv, R = 999) my.boot plot(my.boot) boot.ci(my.boot) Also, take a look at [1], [2] and [3]. HTH, Jorge [1] http://www.statmethods.net/advstats/bootstrapping.html [2] http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/r/library/bootstrap.htm [3] http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/S/Spoetry/Tutor/bootstrap_resampling.html On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM, D Cornacchia <> wrote: > Dear R-Helpers, > > I am trying to bootstrap the coefficient of variation on a suite of > vectors, here I provide an example using one of the vectors in my > study. When I ran this script with the vector x <-c(0.625, > 0.071428571, 0.133333333, 0.125, 0), it returned CV(boot) [the second > one], and stderr(boot) [the second one] without problem. However, when > I ran it with the vector in the following example, I received NA for > the latter two statistics. I cannot figure out what is missing, why it > won't work with this vector, and how I can rectify this situation. > Your input would be greatly appreciated! > > x <-c(1, 0, 0.153846154, 0, 0.142857143) > mean (x) > sample(x,replace=T) > mean(sample(x,replace=T)) > boot <-numeric(991) > for (i in 1:991) boot[i] <- mean(sample(x,replace=T)) > mean(boot) > var(boot) > sd(boot) > stderr <- function(boot) sqrt(var(boot)/length(boot)) > stderr(boot) > median(boot) > min(boot) > max(boot) > range(boot) > IQR(boot) > quantile(boot,0.975) > quantile(boot,0.025) > bias <- mean(boot) - mean(x) > mean(x) - bias > mean(x) - bias - 1.96*sqrt(var(boot)) > mean(x) - bias + 1.96*sqrt(var(boot)) > CV <- function(x) sqrt(var(x))/mean(x) > CV(x) > CV(boot) > N <- boot > CV(x) > CV(sample(x,replace=T)) > boot <-numeric(991) > for (i in 1:991) boot[i] <- CV(sample(x,replace=T)) > CV(boot) > stderr(boot) > P <- boot > hist(N) > t.test (x, N) > ks.test(x, N) > > Many thanks, > D. > > p.s. I am very new to R. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.