Subject: cormas random generated around a mean/SD?
From: Deb Cleland (deborah.cleland@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 16 2010 - 04:58:16 CET
Hi all,
Another potentially silly question from an amateur.
Can I generate a random number around a mean and standard deviation? Eg if I
have a distribution which ranges from 10 to 2000, with an average of 86, is
it possible to generate a random number between those amounts that will
result in a similar distribution?
Thanks very much again in advance for your help.
Deb
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