[R] plot - central limit theorem

Matthias Kohl Matthias.Kohl at stamats.de
Thu Oct 16 06:53:09 CEST 2008


Hi Jörg,

our package distrTeach has functions to visualize the central limit 
theorem and the law of large numbers for "arbitrary" univariate 
distributions; e.g.,

library(distrTeach)
D <- sin(Norm()) + Pois()
plot(D)
illustrateCLT(D, len = 10)
illustrateLLN(D, m = 10)

Best
Matthias

Jörg Groß wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Is there a way to simulate a population with R and pull out m samples, 
> each with n values
> for calculating m means?
>
> I need that kind of data to plot a graphic, demonstrating the central 
> limit theorem
> and I don't know how to begin.
>
> So, perhaps someone can give me some tips and hints how to start and 
> which functions to use.
>
>
>
> thanks for any help,
> joerg
>
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