# GenOrd-package

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##### Simulation of ordinal and discrete variables with given correlation matrix and marginal distributions

The package implements a procedure for generating samples from ordinal/discrete random variables with pre-specified correlation matrix and marginal distributions. It is developed in two steps: the first step (function ordcont) sets up the original continuous variables in order to achieve the final discrete/ordinal variables meeting the experimental conditions; the second step (ordsample) generates samples from the adjusted original variables and discretizes them, thus simulating samples from the target variables. The procedure can handle both Pearson's correlation and Spearman's rho, and any finite support for the discrete variables. The intermediate function contord computes the correlations of discrete/ordinal variables derived from correlated normal variables through discretization. Function corrcheck returns the lower and upper bounds of the correlation coefficients of ordinal/discrete variables given their marginal distributions, i.e. returns the range of feasible pairwise correlations.

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##### Details

ll{ Package: GenOrd Type: Package Version: 1.0 Date: 2012-03-27 License: GPL LazyLoad: yes }

##### References

P.A. Ferrari, A. Barbiero: Simulating ordinal data, Multivariate Behavioral Research, forthcoming

contord, ordcont, corrcheck, ordsample