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Understand the following function and the concept of "bootstrapping":

def bs_med(original, name, copies):

  """

  Return array of bootstrapped medians from samples"""

  original = table with the original sample

  name = name of column with variable

  copies = samples from bootstrap

  """

  single_column = original.select(name)

  meds = make_array()

  for i in np.arange(copies):

     bs_sample = single_column.sample()

     resample_med = percentile(50, bs_sample.column(0))

     meds = np.append(meds,resample_med)

  return meds

 

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