Last data update: 2014.03.03

R: Calculates intermediate binary correlation matrix
simBinCorrR Documentation

Calculates intermediate binary correlation matrix

Description

Calculates intermediate binary correlation matrix via simulation.

Usage

simBinCorr(ordPmat, CorrMat, nSim, steps = 0.025)

Arguments

ordPmat

Input matrix of ordinal marginal probabilities

CorrMat

Correlation matrix of the multivariate ordinal data

nSim

Number of simulations to use to calculate intermediate binary correlation matrix

steps

Fraction of difference between the current and target matrix to be added in each iteration.

Value

del.next

Calculated binary correlation matrix

Mlocation

Cutoff point for converting ordinal probabilities to binary ones.

pvec

Vector of binary probabilities

See Also

generate.binary, BinToOrd

Examples

## Not run: ordPmat1 = matrix( c(0.15,0.70,0.40,
					0.55,0.10,0.25,
					0.25,0.10,0.15,
					0.05,0.10,0.20),4,3,byrow=TRUE)
## End(Not run)
## Not run: cmat1= matrix( 	c(1,0.2,0.2,
				0.2,1,0.2,
				0.2,0.2,1),3,3,byrow=TRUE)
## End(Not run)
## Not run: simBinCorr(ordPmat1, cmat1, nSim=100000, steps = 0.025)
				

Results