Re: Generating lists of normally-distributed numbers?
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- Subject: [mg6317] Re: [mg6265] Generating lists of normally-distributed numbers?
- From: Stephen P Luttrell <luttrell at signal.dra.hmg.gb>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 00:26:41 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Defence Research Agency
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> Can someone provide a simple example of how a list of N elements can be
> generated, with the list elements being normally distibuted? I'd like to
> include random seeding so I can generate an ensemble of such lists.
Try this code fragment (or variants of it):
Needs["Statistics`NormalDistribution`"]
SeedRandom[1];
RandomArray[NormalDistribution[0,1],{10}]
> Are there general tools in Mma 3.0 for generating lsits with various
> statistics? How do I go about searching for sites where these kinds of
> tools can be found?
Look at Statistics`ContinuousDistributions` in the Add-ons section of
the Help Browser in Mma 3.0
Steve
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