Thank you very much! :)
David Winsemius wrote: > > If you run this you get sensible output, but whether it meets you > needs depends on what you meant by Exp(1): > > > Y <- rnorm(100) > > Z <- rnorm(100) > > X <- exp(Y+Z) > > hist(X) > > If you are looking for methods to handle random variables in R, you > may want to look at the series of packages all beginning with "distr": > distr, distrDoc, distrEx, distrMod, distrSim, distrTeach, distrTEst. > > -- > David Winsemius > On Mar 22, 2009, at 7:19 AM, BowlesMcCann wrote: > >> >> I want to plot a histogram of X~Exp(1) where X is the sum of Y + Z. >> To do >> this, should I simulate values of Y and Z using Y<-runif(100) and >> Z<-runif(100)? And where do I go from there? >> >> Many thanks. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Help-plotting-a-histogram-of-X%7EExp%281%29-tp22645091p22645091.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > :clap::clap::clap: -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-plotting-a-histogram-of-X%7EExp%281%29-tp22645091p22645942.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
