[R] Help with normal distribution in random samples...

[Mike Lawrence]

?rnorm

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Sea Captain 1779 <dbowen at measinc.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!!!
>
> First time 'R' user looking for a little assistance.  Here is what I have so
> far:
>
> practice1 = matrix ((runif(5000, min =0, max = 12)), 100)
>
> which is creating 50 samples, for 100 cases, distributed between 0-12.  What
> I would like is to be able to set the mean and SD so that the data is
> normally distributed around lets say 7.  Any help I can get with achieving
> that goal would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> -Dan
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