[R] Ranked Set Sampling

[Peter Dalgaard]

On 10/03/2010 06:32 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
> 
> 
> Ahmed Albatineh wrote:
>>
>>
>> Are you aware of any package that calculates Ranked Set Sample? If you
>> have
>> a code that you are willing to share, I will acknowledge that in my work.
>> Thanks much
>>
>> Ahmed
>>
> 
> I wonder if this is a phrase that is uniformly understood? One possibility
> is that you are asking to sample elements of a set based on some ranking
> function. In that case you may need to describe in more detail how you want
> to handle ties and whether this function is supposed to deal with
> multivariate strata. (There are many base functions that handle univariate
> situations and there are packages that provide support for more complex
> ones.)
> 
> You are also requested (in the Posting Guide) to provide an example  that
> can be cut and pasted and desired results against which responder can judge
> the degree to which their efforts agree with your hopes.
> 

It's a fairly well-defined concept. I.e., you can google for it...

On the other hand, same search points to authors like Jeff Terpstra who
explicitly says that he codes in R, so maybe ask him instead of the the
world at large?


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