[R] How to generate fake population (ie. not sample) data?

HBaize HBaize at buttecounty.net
Wed Mar 4 22:53:35 CET 2009



Could that be extended to generate a population data set with known skew and
kurtosis? 
If so, how? 

Thanks in advance for suggested solutions.

Harold



Daniel Nordlund-2 wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Something like this may help get you started.
> 
> std.pop <- function(x,mu,stdev){
>   ((x-mean(x))/sd(x)*stdev)+mu
>   }
> 
> population <- std.pop(rnorm(1000),10,5)
> 
> Hope this is helpful,
> 
> Dan
> 
> Daniel Nordlund
> Bothell, WA USA
> 
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