weightedMedian: Weighted Median
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Weighted Median
Description
Computes the weighted median of a numeric vector.
Usage
weightedMedian(x, w)
Arguments
x |
Numeric vector. |
w |
Integer vector of weights. |
Details
Here, the median of an even length n of x is defined as x_{(n/2 + 1)} if x_{(i)} is the i-th largest element in x, i.e. the larger value is taken.
Value
Weighted median of x with respect to w.
Examples
x <- c(1, 4, 9)
w <- c(5, 1, 1)
weightedMedian(x, w)
