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> x <- c(246.24,247.57,247.84,248.27,248.3,248.31,248.31,248.38,248.37,248.41,248.68,248.75,248.75,247.95,248.13,247.86,246.23,245.98,245.98,246.27,246.31,246.3,246.67,246.78,246.78,247.91,247.99,248.6,248.68,248.75,248.75,249.03,249.05,249.57,249.35,249.46,249.46,250.82,254.19,255.18,256.68,256.73,256.73,257.39,257.78,258.67,258.71,258.91,258.91,261.38,262.42,262.77,263.24,262.83,262.83,263.09,263.6,265.68,266.08,266.28,266.28,269.14,270.96,272.97,273.13,274.73,274.73,274.59,275.15,275.16,275.38,275.4)
> #'GNU S' R Code compiled by R2WASP v. 1.2.291 ()
> #Author: root
> #To cite this work: Wessa P., (2012), Mean versus Median (v1.0.2) in Free Statistics Software (v$_version), Office for Research Development and Education, URL http://www.wessa.net/rwasp_meanversusmedian.wasp/
> #Source of accompanying publication: Office for Research, Development, and Education
> #
> library(Hmisc)
Loading required package: survival
Loading required package: splines
Hmisc library by Frank E Harrell Jr

Type library(help='Hmisc'), ?Overview, or ?Hmisc.Overview')
to see overall documentation.

NOTE:Hmisc no longer redefines [.factor to drop unused levels when
subsetting.  To get the old behavior of Hmisc type dropUnusedLevels().


Attaching package: 'Hmisc'

The following object(s) are masked from 'package:survival':

    untangle.specials

The following object(s) are masked from 'package:base':

    format.pval, round.POSIXt, trunc.POSIXt, units

> m <- mean(x)
> e <- median(x)
> postscript(file="/var/wessaorg/rcomp/tmp/1o9031350838139.ps",horizontal=F,onefile=F,pagecentre=F,paper="special",width=8.3333333333333,height=5.5555555555556) 
> op <- par(mfrow=c(2,1))
> mydensity1 <- density(x,kernel='gaussian',na.rm=TRUE)
> plot(mydensity1,main='Density Plot - Gaussian Kernel',xlab='Median (0 -> full line) | Mean (0 -> dashed line)',ylab='density')
> abline(v=e,lty=1)
> abline(v=m,lty=5)
> grid()
> myseq <- seq(0.01, 0.99, 0.01)
> hd <- hdquantile(x, probs = myseq, se = TRUE, na.rm = FALSE, names = TRUE, weights=FALSE)
> plot(myseq,hd,col=2,main='Harrell-Davis Quantiles',xlab='quantiles',ylab='Median (0 -> full) | Mean (0 -> dashed)')
> abline(h=m,lty=5)
> abline(h=e,lty=1)
> grid()
> par(op)
> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
> 
> #Note: the /var/wessaorg/rcomp/createtable file can be downloaded at http://www.wessa.net/cretab
> load(file="/var/wessaorg/rcomp/createtable")
> 
> a<-table.start()
> a<-table.row.start(a)
> a<-table.element(a,'Median versus Mean',2,TRUE)
> a<-table.row.end(a)
> a<-table.row.start(a)
> a<-table.element(a,'mean',header=TRUE)
> a<-table.element(a,mean(x))
> a<-table.row.end(a)
> a<-table.row.start(a)
> a<-table.element(a,'median',header=TRUE)
> a<-table.element(a,median(x))
> a<-table.row.end(a)
> a<-table.end(a)
> table.save(a,file="/var/wessaorg/rcomp/tmp/2ig5x1350838139.tab") 
> 
> try(system("convert tmp/1o9031350838139.ps tmp/1o9031350838139.png",intern=TRUE))
character(0)
> 
> 
> proc.time()
   user  system elapsed 
  1.129   0.138   1.247