Task

Generate a collection filled with   1000   normally distributed random (or pseudo-random) numbers
with a mean of   1.0   and a   standard deviation   of   0.5



Many libraries only generate uniformly distributed random numbers. If so, you may use one of these algorithms.



Related task

   Standard deviation


 
/* Generate 1000 random numbers with mean 1 and standard deviation 0.5. 
  SAS version 9.2 was used to create this code.*/
 
data norm1000;
  call streaminit(123456); 
/* Set the starting point, so we can replicate results. 
   If you want different results each time, comment the above line. */
  do i=1 to 1000;
    r=rand('normal',1,0.5);
    output;
  end;
run;
 