[R] creating a multivariate set of variables with given intercorrelations

[Adaikalavan Ramasamy]

I presume you want to generate normally or t-distributed values ? If so 
either have a look mvrnorm in the MASS package or the mvtnorm package.



Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
> Hi!
> I was wondering if there is a package in R that allows one to create a
> multivariate data set with pre-specified intercorrelations among
> variables, e.g., a set of 4 variables (with a length of N each), such
> that the correlations between variables are:
> 
>      a     b     c     d
> a   1     r1    r2    r3
> b          1     r4    r5
> c                 1     r6
> d                         1
> 
> Thank you very much!
> Dimitri Liakhovitski
> 
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