weighted.fractile function

Weighted Median

Computes the weighted fractile of a numeric vector

weighted.fractile(y, w, p)

Arguments

• y: A numeric vector containing the values whose fractile is to be computed
• w: A vector of length y giving the weights to use for each element of y
• p: Fractile specification; value between 0 and 1

See Also

weighted.mean, weighted.median

Examples

y <- 1:9
w <- c(rep(1,5), rep(2,4))
res <- weighted.fractile(y, w, p = 0.33)