[R] How to set up a function for "Central Limit Theorem"

[Peter Dalgaard]

pfc_ivan wrote:
> I tried using the for (i..) to make 1000 differents sets of numbers, but then
> I dont know how to get the mean value of all of them... because I dont even
> think 1000 different sets of numbers were made, because when i print it it
> always shows me the same values, basically I dont know how to replicate the
> funcion many times. 

replicate() is your friend. Don't know why you get the same numbers 
multiple times though.

> 
> 
> stephen sefick wrote:
>> homework?
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:30 PM, pfc_ivan <pfc_ivan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello guys, I am stuck here:
>>>
>>> How do I make 1000 samples of n = 10 observations from an Exponential
>>> distribution and then compute the mean for all those 1000 samples?
>>>
>>> Basically I need to prove the Central Limit theorem, which states:
>>>
>>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p22664113/d175f06cbf200bd52a2c27a2e56dc594.png
>>>
>>> Where the Sn is sum of random variables, n we have from the question, mu
>>> is
>>> mean and (sigma)^2 is variance.
>>>
>>> I am having trouble setting up the function to do this.
>>>
>>> Any help apreciated!
>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Stephen Sefick
>>
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