Problems with randomly generating samples

Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA) · 2009-05-13T15:36:27Z

> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Debbie Zhang > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:18 AM > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] Problems with randomly generating samples > > > Dear R users, > Can anyone please tell me how to generate a large number of samples in R, given > certain distribution and size. > For example, if I want to generate 1000 samples of size n=100, with a N(0,1) > distribution, how

Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)

Wed, May 13, 2009 8:36 AM

How about

samples <- rnorm(1000*100,0,1)
dim(samples) <- c(1000,100)

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA  98504-5204

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