Simulates values from a probability distribution

Produces a sample_size number of values Using the random generation function for the given distribution. Only the Normal, Binomial or Poisson distribution are currently accepted.

simulate_values(sample_size, distribution, ...)

Arguments

sample_size	A integer value larger than zero
distribution	A character value specifying the probability distribution
...	parameters of the probability distribution

Value

A numeric vector

Details

For the Normal distribution no parameters are necessary, this defaults to the Standard Normal distribution. However, the Poisson and Binomial distribution do require parameters and an error is thrown if these are not provided.

See also

rnorm, rpois, rbinom

Examples

simulate_values(10, 'Normal')
#>  [1] -1.400043517  0.255317055 -2.437263611 -0.005571287  0.621552721
#>  [6]  1.148411606 -1.821817661 -0.247325302 -0.244199607 -0.282705449
simulate_values(100, 'Binomial', size=10, prob=0.5)
#>   [1] 4 6 6 4 8 6 2 5 6 6 2 4 4 6 5 5 6 8 4 4 6 5 6 6 3 6 6 9 8 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 4
#>  [38] 6 3 4 6 4 5 4 5 4 8 5 5 4 5 4 2 5 5 2 5 5 7 5 5 5 4 4 5 7 5 4 6 3 9 3 5 7
#>  [75] 6 4 5 7 2 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 7 6 7 2 7 9 5 4 6 5 6