Dear members, I was trying to simulate W which is iid and depends on X and Y.
Here are 2 methods: Method 1: x<-rnorm(100) y<-rnorm(100) w<-rnorm(100, 2x+y,1) Method 2: x<-rnorm(100) y<-rnorm(100) w<-2x+y+rnorm(100,0,1) Are these methods comparable? Since x and y are vectors, the term 2x+y would return a vector. It seems that, given Method 1, each element of W would come from a different population with means depending on the value of x and y. Is that true? Or is Method 1 equally acceptable as Method 2 in creating W? I'd really appreciate clues to this puzzle! Thanks! K. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.