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result = bootstrap_mean(x [, PLOT=PLOT] [, N_ITER=N_ITER] [, ALL_MEANS=ALL_MEANS] [, COLOR=COLOR] [, BACK=BACK] [, _EXTRA=_EXTRA])

compute the bootstrap mean

Return value

Array containing the mean and stddev(mean)

Parameters

x in required: Values array to compute the bootstrap mean of

Keywords

PLOT in optional: Make a plot the botstrap mean
N_ITER in optional: number of bootstrap iteratons, default:500
ALL_MEANS in optional: Array to contain the array of all means
COLOR in optional: Color for the plot
BACK in optional: background for the plot
_EXTRA in optional: Extra keywords to plot

Examples

 IDL>   x=randomn(seed, 100)*2+20
 IDL> print, bootstrap_mean(x, /plot)
      19.8310     0.173062

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History:: Wed Feb 13 16:31:03 2008, Brian Larsen written and tested

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