[R] generating random numbers from the logit-normal distribution ?

francoisromain@free.fr francoisromain at free.fr
Fri Jan 27 08:40:21 CET 2006


Selon Taka Matzmoto <sell_mirage_ne at hotmail.com>:

> Hi R users
>
> I like to generate random numbers from the logit-normal distribution.
>
> Are there available simple commands  I can use?
>
> I used to generate using
>
> exp(rnorm(1000,0,1))/(1+exp(rnorm(1000,0,1)))

> I am looking for a simple command such as rnorm().
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> TM
Hi,



Consider writing a function, you can even learn how to use ...

rlogitnormal <- function(...){
  x <- exp(rnorm(...))
  x / (1+x)
}

then

rlogitnormal(1000, 0, 1)

Romain




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