rlaplace {npsm}

Random Laplace.

Description

Random generation for the Laplace (double exponential) data with location 0 and scale 1.

Usage

rlaplace(n)

Arguments

n

scalar. number of random draws.

Details

A Laplace or double expoential distribution has heavier tails than a normal distribution and so a sample will tend to have additional outliers.

Value

A vector of length n is returned containing the random data.

Author(s)

John Kloke, Joseph McKean

References

Hogg, Robert V.; McKean, Joseph; and Craig, Allen T., "Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (6th Edition)" (2005).

Examples

x <- rlaplace(100)
qqnorm(x)