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phytools (version 0.2-40)

sampleFrom: Sample from a set of distributions

Description

Function samples from a set of normal distributions with parameters given in xbar and xvar.

Usage

sampleFrom(xbar=0, xvar=1, n=1, randn=NULL, type="norm")

Arguments

xbar
a named vector of means.
xvar
a named vector of variances.
n
a vector containing the sample sizes of each species.
randn
a range of sample sizes are to be random.
type
"norm" is the only distribution implemented so far.

Value

  • a vector, with labels.