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st: Putting a multivariate normal draw into a matrix?
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Nick Chandler-Klein <[email protected]>
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st: Putting a multivariate normal draw into a matrix?
Date
Mon, 6 May 2013 23:33:57 -0700
I'm trying to make a draw from a non-orthogonal multivariate normal
distribution and use that draw as starting values for a ml routine,
which means I need the draw to be in matrix form. Is there a way to do
this?
rnormal only seems to accept orthogonal distributions, and drawnorm
generates variables instead of a matrix. I suppose worst case I can
use drawnorm and feed the results one-by-one into a matrix but I'm
hoping for something more general purpose.
Thanks!
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