Draw a random sample from a negative binomial distribution

Draw a random sample from a negative binomial distribution

Usage

# S3 method for class 'NegativeBinomial'
random(x, n = 1L, drop = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

x

A NegativeBinomial object created by a call to NegativeBinomial().

n

The number of samples to draw. Defaults to 1L.

drop

logical. Should the result be simplified to a vector if possible?

...

Unused. Unevaluated arguments will generate a warning to catch mispellings or other possible errors.

Value

In case of a single distribution object or n = 1, either a numeric vector of length n (if drop = TRUE, default) or a matrix with n columns (if drop = FALSE).

See also

Other NegativeBinomial distribution: cdf.NegativeBinomial(), pdf.NegativeBinomial(), quantile.NegativeBinomial()

Examples

set.seed(27)

X <- NegativeBinomial(size = 5, p = 0.1)
X
#> [1] "NegativeBinomial(size = 5, p = 0.1)"

random(X, 10)
#>  [1] 95 37 48 93 18 16 32 43 27 17

pdf(X, 50)
#> [1] 0.01629887
log_pdf(X, 50)
#> [1] -4.11666

cdf(X, 50)
#> [1] 0.6548517
quantile(X, 0.7)
#> [1] 53

## alternative parameterization of X
Y <- NegativeBinomial(mu = 45, size = 5)
Y
#> [1] "NegativeBinomial(mu = 45, size = 5)"
cdf(Y, 50)
#> [1] 0.6548517
quantile(Y, 0.7)
#> [1] 53