function to determine the threshold in values that preserves a given proportion of the value.

function to determine the threshold in values that preserves a given proportion of the value.

Usage

find_threshold(x, p, method = "weight")

Arguments

x

A vector of values

p

A proportion of x that we wish retain

method

Either "weight" to retain a proportion of the total weight or "values" to retain a proportion of non-zero values.

Value

A threshold in values of x such that dropping everything smaller than the threshold retains at least proportion p of the total weight or number of values in x