urna <- c(0,2,4,8) nrep <- 100000 nest <- 16 tmp <- sample(urna,nest*nrep,prob=c(0.4,0.4,0.1,0.1),replace=TRUE) x <- matrix(tmp,nrow=nrep) x.sum <- apply(x,1,sum) x.med <- apply(x,1,mean) mean(x.sum) var(x.sum) mean(x.med) var(x.med)