empirical_rnd.m

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## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
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## usage:  empirical_rnd (N, DATA)
##
## Generate a bootstrap sample of size N from the empirical distribution
## obtained from the univariate sample DATA.

## Author:  KH <[e-mail]>
## Description:  Bootstrap samples from the empirical distribution
  
function rnd = empirical_rnd (N, DATA)
  
  if (! is_vector (DATA))
    error ("empirical_rnd:  DATA must be a vector");
  endif

  rnd = discrete_rnd (N, DATA, ones (size (DATA)) / length (DATA));

endfunction