[R] generate two sets of random numbers that are correlated

[Ista Zahn]

If you want random numbers sampled from the normal distribution, you
can use the mvrnorm function in MASS.

Best,
Ista

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Kathie <kathryn.lord2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear R users
>
> I'd like to generate two sets of random numbers with a fixed correlation
> coefficient, say .4, using R.
>
> Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kathryn Lord
>
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Ista Zahn
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