[R] Adding up normally distributed numbers seems to not create a t-distribution

[Jeff Newmiller]

That would be an expected result. Recommend that you hit the books or use a search engine as basic theory like this is off topic here.
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"Kramer, Christian" <Christian.Kramer at uibk.ac.at> wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I have found a strange behavior in R that puzzles me - maybe it is a
>bug or a basic scientific misunderstanding of mine… anyway, I would
>highly appreciate some feedback on this, since I did not find anything
>on the internet.
>
>I am trying to simulate a t-distribution by adding up normally
>distributed numbers:
>
>a  <- (rnorm(1000) + rnorm(1000) + rnorm(1000) )/3
>
>However, when I look at the distribution using
>
>qqnorm(a)
>
>this looks more like a normal distribution than a t-distribution:
>
>b <- rt(1000,2)
>qqnorm(b)
>
>Is this to be expected? Or is this an issue with the random number
>generator or something else?
>
>Thanks a lot for replies in advance,
>Christian
>
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