wakefield (version 0.3.3)

age: Generate Random Vector of Ages

Description

Generate a random vector of ages within the provided range. The default age range is set between 18 and 89, to match the age ranges which appear (see e.g., https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/variables/53/vshow).

Usage

age(n, x = 18:89, prob = NULL, name = "Age")

Arguments

n

The number elements to generate. This can be globally set within the environment of r_data_frame or r_list.

x

A vector of elements to chose from.

prob

A vector of probabilities to chose from.

name

The name to assign to the output vector's varname attribute. This is used to auto assign names to the column/vector name when used inside of r_data_frame or r_list.

Value

Returns a random integer vector of ages within the provided range (defaults to 18:89).

See Also

Other variable functions: animal, answer, area, car, children, coin, color, date_stamp, death, dice, dna, dob, dummy, education, employment, eye, grade_level, grade, group, hair, height, income, internet_browser, iq, language, level, likert, lorem_ipsum, marital, military, month, name, normal, political, race, religion, sat, sentence, sex_inclusive, sex, smokes, speed, state, string, upper, valid, year, zip_code

Examples

# NOT RUN {
age(10) # draw 10 ages with default values
hist(age(n=10000))  
interval(age, 3, n = 1000)
# }

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