##### RUN LINES 4-20 TO GENERATE ONE SIMULATED DATA SET FOR EXERCISE 1 ##### ##### (Based on Kery 2010) ################################################# n.groups <- 3 n.sample <- 10 n <- n.groups*n.sample x <- rep(1:n.groups, rep(n.sample,n.groups)) pop <- factor(x, labels = c("Orlando", "Tampa", "Miami")) length <- runif(n,45,70) Xmat <- model.matrix(~pop*length) beta.vec <- c(-250,150,200, 6, -3, -4) lin.pred <- Xmat[,]%*%beta.vec eps <- rnorm(n,0,10) mass <- lin.pred+eps length.d <- c(length[1:10],length[11:20],length[21:30]) mass.d <- c(mass[1:10],mass[11:20],mass[21:30]) location <- c(rep(unique(pop)[1],10),rep(unique(pop)[2],10),rep(unique(pop)[3],10)) YOUR_DATA <- as.data.frame(cbind(location,length.d,mass.d)) YOUR_DATA$location <- factor(YOUR_DATA$location, labels = c("Orlando", "Tampa", "Miami")) YOUR_DATA