Re: [R] Finding the median

2012-03-12 Thread Kevin E. Thorpe
ny who require this function to do analysis on some data but we're all new to R? --Original Message-- From: Sarah Goslee To: elliot.we...@virgin.net To: r-help Subject: Re: [R] Finding the median Sent: Mar 12, 2012 16:14 Hi, On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:10 PM, wrote: I've t

Re: [R] Finding the median

2012-03-12 Thread Sarah Goslee
. www.rseek.org might be useful. > > You haven't accomplished the second part of my response, and this > isn't a homework help list, so you'll need to do your own work from > here. > > Sarah > >> --Original Message-- >> From: Sarah Goslee >>

Re: [R] Finding the median

2012-03-12 Thread Sarah Goslee
rk help list, so you'll need to do your own work from here. Sarah > --Original Message-- > From: Sarah Goslee > To: elliot.we...@virgin.net > Cc: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] Finding the median > Sent: Mar 12, 2012 15:59 > > I'd start by usi

Re: [R] Finding the median

2012-03-12 Thread Sarah Goslee
I'd start by using if(). If you can convince the list that this isn't homework, you might get more help. Sarah On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:15 AM, wrote: > Hi just a quick question in which I must use the "function and return" part > of R. > > If I was asked to define a function called "median"

[R] Finding the median

2012-03-12 Thread elliot.welch
Hi just a quick question in which I must use the "function and return" part of R. If I was asked to define a function called "median" where the function has a single argument x and returns the median value of a vector. How would I go about saying the median = element x in terms of n (say (n + 1