Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Library: stats
See also: pdfbin cdfbin qfbin

Macro: randbin
Description: computes random numbers based on the binomial distribution

Usage: z = randbin (n, p, len)
Input:
n scalar parameter of the binomial distribution
p scalar parameter of the binomial distribution
len scalar number of random numbers
Output:
z len x 1 vector of random numbers

Example:
; loads the library "stats"
library ("stats")
; reset random generator
randomize(0) 
randbin(1, 0.5, 10)
Result:
Contents of z
[ 1,]        0 
[ 2,]        0 
[ 3,]        0 
[ 4,]        0 
[ 5,]        0 
[ 6,]        0 
[ 7,]        0 
[ 8,]        1 
[ 9,]        1 
[10,]        0  

Library: stats
See also: pdfbin cdfbin qfbin

Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Author: Sigbert Klinke, 980827
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