Quantitative Understanding in Biology
Spring 2008

Quantifying a Sample Distribution

Goals

Homework Project

Xn <- rnorm(n)
for n = 5, 50, and 1,000,000
Xm.n <- c(rnorm(n), rnorm(n,mean=m))
for n=5, 50, and 1,000,000 and m = 1, 2, and 3

For this project, use the first sample you generate; don't keep generating samples until you get one that 'looks good'.

References

Intuitive Biostatistics, H. Motulsky

An Introduction to R, Venables and Smith

R Reference Card, T. Short