Using normrnd to generate a random sequence

I'm trying to use the function 'normrnd' to generate a zero-mean random sequence distributed uniformly between +/- 0.25. How do I go about doing this?

Answer 1

[Roger Stafford]

The best answer to your question is, “don’t use ‘normrnd’ for that purpose!” It is very much the wrong distribution for that.

You should use ‘rand’ as follows:

x = 0.5*rand(m,n)-0.25;

This will give you a statistically uniform distribution between -0.25 and +0.25, and nowhere else.

[John BG]

Hi Nat

this is John BG <mailto:[e-mail] [e-mail]>

.. to generate a .. random sequence ..

x = 0.5*rand(1,n)-0.25

or

x = 0.5*rand(n,1)-0.25

not m sequences

John BG

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[Nat]

Thanks to both of you for your help!