How to randomly select data out of a dataset?

hey there, I want to randomly select 80% from my data to create a training dataset and use the residual 20% for the evaluation of my model obtained from the training dataset. How I can I best perform this split in matlab? (Actually I want to perform this split multiple times within a loop in order to be able to deliver a more robust result)

Answer 1

[Wayne King]

One way if you have the Statistics Toolbox is to use randsample

   x = randn(1000,1);
   y = randsample(length(x),800);

Another way if you don't have the Statistics Toolbox.

    R = randperm(length(x));
    indices = R(1:800);
    y = x(indices);

[Peter Perkins]

In newer release of the Statistics Toolbox, you can/should use datasample, rather than randsample. It does some things better, and is perhaps a little easier to use.

Answer 2

[Thomas]

I dont know if this will help..

Suppose your data is in a

a=rand(10,1);    % generate random data

[trainingset]= intersect(a,randsample(a,8))      % gives training set with 8 random samples from a you can set what size your trainign set needs to be
testset=a(~ismember(a,trainingset))                         % gives test set

Answer 3

[Peter Perkins]

Another possibility if you have the Statistics Toolbox is to use cvpartition. There are various ways to use it, from the simplest kind of "hold out" scheme that you describe, to more complicated k-fold cross-validation.