Random Normal Deviates Generator
In case this is useful to anyone, there is a script supplied that generates columns of random normal deviates. These are (almost) random numbers generated by the computer that resemble a random sample from a normal distribution.
Script operation.
The script will ask two questions: How many columns do you want and how many rows. It will then ask for the output cell.
Here is an example output from a request for 6 columns and six rows:
Table of Random Normal Deviates with zero Mean and unit Variance -0.601788064 -0.231919926 -0.260229439 -0.218680699 -1.00921777 -0.473751528 0.109081557 -0.495747202 -0.627486387 -0.191639674 -1.72554642 -0.836677485 -1.38433659 -0.616409871 -1.16683239 0.861950629 -0.110619413 -0.702969623 0.132517283 -0.959023285 -0.256663751 -0.277253721 0.122101176 -2.03197675 -0.227154427 -0.512849246 0.433628894 0.749493874 0.0529511388 -0.850548665 0.0941952952 -0.461132784 -0.517924642 -0.19387795 -1.14086672 -1.04041071 Calculated using the ratio of uniforms method of A.J. Kinderman and J.F. Monahan augmented with quadratic bounding curves. ADAPTED FROM WORK PUBLISHED IN TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE, VOL. 18, NO. 4, DECEMBER, 1992, PP. 434-435.