[R] Simulate phi-coefficient

[Spencer Graves]

	  Please pardon my ignorance, but what's a "phi coefficient" in this 
context?  RSiteSearch("phi coefficient") produced 36 hits that seemed to 
discuss issues unrelated to your question.
	
	  If it refers to correlation, have you considered something like the 
following:


VECTOR1<-rep(c(1,0),c(15,10))
n <- length(VECTOR1)
library(MASS)

Sig <- array(c(1,.5, .5, 1), dim=c(2,2))
z <- mvrnorm(n, mu=c(0,0), Sigma=Sig)

p <- mean(VECTOR1)
q. <- qnorm(p)

Z <- 0+(z<q.)

	  hope this helps.
	  spencer graves

Bliese, Paul D LTC USAMH wrote:

> Looking for help with the following problem.
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> Given a sample of zeros and ones, for example:
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>>VECTOR1<-rep(c(1,0),c(15,10))
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>>VECTOR1
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>  [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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> How would I create a new sample (VECTOR2) also containing zeros and
> ones, in which the phi-coefficient between the two sample vectors was
> drawn from a population with a known phi-coefficient value?
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> Basically, I have a vector of zeros and ones and want to simulate
> another vector such that the two vectors have a known phi-coefficient.
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> I know there are ways to do this with normally distributed numbers (for
> example the mvrnorm function in MASS), but am stumped when dealing with
> dichotomous variables.
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> Appreciate any thoughts.
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> Paul
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