[R] rnorm

[Chuck Cleland]

linda.s wrote:
> just curious, why put "r" in the "rnorm" for The Normal Distribution?

 From ?rnorm

Value:

      'dnorm' gives the density, 'pnorm' gives the distribution
      function, 'qnorm' gives the quantile function, and 'rnorm'
      generates random deviates.

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