rnorm function

[Eduardo_D]

I would like to have a detailed explanation of the rnorm function,
more complete than the one showed in help(rnorm). Where can I find it?
Thank you very much.

Eduardo Dominiccini

[Stefan Th. Gries]

I know no source for that. rnorm is simply this:

set.seed(4)
how.many.random.numbers.do.you.want<-100
what.is.the.approx.mean.of.these.numbers.supposed.to.be<-5 # default=0
what.is.the.approx.standarddeviation.of.these.numbers.supposed.to.be<-2
# default=1

random.numbers<-rnorm(how.many.random.numbers.do.you.want,
what.is.the.approx.mean.of.these.numbers.supposed.to.be,
what.is.the.approx.standarddeviation.of.these.numbers.supposed.to.be)
hist(random.numbers) # looks kinda normal
mean(random.numbers) # close to 5
sd(random.numbers) # close to 2

HTH,
STG
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Stefan Th. Gries
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University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/stgries
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[Eduardo_D]

Thank you very much Prof. Gries