load thymusglandweights.dat x = thymusglandweights(1:50); m = 500; n = length(x); x = sort(x); me = zeros(m,1); for i = 1:m me(i) = median(x(randi(n,n,1))); end a1 = binoinv(0.025,n,.5)-1; a2 = binoinv(1-0.025,n,.5); fprintf('bootstrap quantiles: %.4f, %.4f \n', quantile(me,0.025), quantile(me,1-0.025)); fprintf('analytical quantile: %.4f, %.4f \n', x(a1),x(a2));