[R] How do I generate a random sample with an given variance?

[Mark Myatt]

pooh rondstr <poohtest at yahoo.com> writes:
>Hi R gurus,
>
>
>How do I generate a random sample with  a given
>variance?

Form the standard normal ... for 100 numbers with a mean of 5 and a
standard deviation of 2:

        rnorm(100, mean = 5, sd = 2)

Mark


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Mark Myatt


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