[R] random normally distributed values within range

[Matthias Kohl]

one could also use the "Truncate"-methods of package distr; cf.
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e5/help/08/09/1870.html

If the situation is extreme Peter Daalgard gave some sophisticated code at
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e5/help/08/09/1892.html

Best,
Matthias

Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> On 7/10/2008, at 11:54 AM, Achaz von Hardenberg wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I need to create 100 normally distributed random values (X) which can
>> not exceed a specific range (i.e. 0<X<Y).
>> With rnorm I cannot specify Max and min  values among which values
>> have to stay, like in runif so does some other simple way exist to do
>> this with normally distributed random values?
>
> Presumably you want a truncated normal distribution.  Duncan Murdoch
> posted some neat code on this list, back in the end of July this year,
> to generate samples from such a distribution.
>
>
> See:
>
>     http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/137154.html
>
>     cheers,
>
>         Rolf Turner
>
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