sample(String) -- creates an object of type Sample from a sample stored in a directory on disk

Synopsis

• Function: sample

• Usage:

  sample(String)

• Inputs:
  • a string, name of the directory where the sample is stored
• Outputs:
  • an instance of the type Sample, Sample read from the specified directory

Description

i1 : writeSample(sample(ER(2,3,0.1),5), "testDirectory")

i2 : mySample = sample("testDirectory")

o2 = Sample{...4...}

o2 : Sample

i3 : peek mySample

o3 = Sample{ModelName => Erdos-Renyi                }
            Parameters => (2, 3, .1)
            SampleSize => 5
                       2                  2
            Data => {{x }, {x x }, {0}, {x x }, {0}}
                       2     1 2          1 2

See also

• Sample -- a type used to store a data sample from a statistical model
• writeSample -- write sample data to a directory
• Model -- a type used to store a statistical model and its parameters