skip_if_not_installed("MASS") test_that("simulate_correlation", { set.seed(333) data <- simulate_correlation(r = 0.5, n = 50) expect_equal(as.numeric(cor.test(data$V1, data$V2)$estimate), 0.5, tolerance = 0.001) data <- simulate_correlation(r = 0.5, n = 50, mean = c(0, 1), sd = c(0.7, 1.7)) expect_equal(as.numeric(cor.test(data$V1, data$V2)$estimate), 0.5, tolerance = 0.001) expect_equal(c(mean(data$V1), sd(data$V1)), c(0, 0.7), tolerance = 0.001) expect_equal(c(mean(data$V2), sd(data$V2)), c(1, 1.7), tolerance = 0.001) cor_matrix <- matrix( c( 1.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.3, 1.0 ), nrow = 3 ) data <- simulate_correlation(r = cor_matrix) expect_equal(matrix(cor(data), nrow = 3), cor_matrix, tolerance = 0.001) })