vacem (version 0.1-1)

make.sample.pop: Generates a sample survey population with ages uniformly distributed...

Description

Generates a sample survey population with ages uniformly distributed in the specified range, (@p age.low, @p age.high), and all assigned the provided observation @p date.

Usage

make.sample.pop(N, age.low, age.high, date)

Arguments

N

the number of samples, i.e. population size

age.low

the minimum age (in months) for the sample population

age.high

the maximum age (in months) for the sample population

date

the observation date to use for all samples

Value

@c age@see runif

Examples

N <- 10
dates <- c( "2005-05-01" ,"2007-07-02", "2009-09-03" )
make.sample.pop( N, 0, 25, array(dates,dim=N) )