Peter Flynn-2 wrote:
>
> Richard Detwiler wrote:
>> I have a need to create a set (like around 500) of random numbers,
>> normally distributed, with a specified mean and standard deviation.
>>
>> In Excel, there is a feature that allows doing this (you enter the
>> number of random numbers you want, the type of distribution (normal,
>> etc.), the mean and SD in the case of a normal distribution, and you get
>> the set of random numbers that you asked for).
>>
>> I haven't been able to find a similar feature in Calc. Does anyone know
>> if one exists? Thanks.
>
> [OT]
> One of my students was looking for "a carefully-selected random sample"
> :-)
>
> ///Peter
>
>
That sounds like the way I do my shopping.
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