missingmat2: Random generation of missing values

In ForImp: Imputation of Missing Values Through a Forward Imputation Algorithm

Description

Random generation of missing values in matrices

Usage

missingmat2(mat, missing)

Arguments

mat	a matrix (n rows, m columns)
missing	a vector: element i contains the desired number of rows with i missing values (1<=i<=m)

Value

a matrix with the specified pattern of missing values

Author(s)

Alessandro Barbiero, Giancarlo Manzi, Pier Alda Ferrari

See Also

missingmat,missingness

Examples

mat<-matrix(rnorm(500),100,5)
# if you want 20 rows with 1 missing, 10 rows with 2 missing,
# 4 rows with 3 missing, 1 row with 4 missing
missing<-c(20,10,4,1)
matm<-missingmat2(mat, missing)
matm
# check that the function works
missingness(matm)

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