Re: [R] probability density function for maximum values in repeated finite samples from a normal distribution??

2009-09-28 Thread David Winsemius
On Sep 28, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Joerg van den Hoff wrote: this is probably not really a R specific question, if so apologies for off-topic posting: I'm interested in the probability density function of the maximum values from repeated samples of size N from a normal distribution: smp <- rnorm

[R] probability density function for maximum values in repeated finite samples from a normal distribution??

2009-09-28 Thread Joerg van den Hoff
this is probably not really a R specific question, if so apologies for off-topic posting: I'm interested in the probability density function of the maximum values from repeated samples of size N from a normal distribution: smp <- rnorm(N, meanval, stdev) with some mean 'meanval' and standard dev