Create a virtual population

This function creates a population from a distribution.

generate_virtual_pop(N, var_name, dist, ...)

Arguments

N	The numbers of samples
var_name	the variable name that we need to create
dist	the distribution function for random variables (starts with 'r', i.e. rnorm, rpois, rexp)
...	for the dist function

Value

a tibble that stores the virtual population

Examples

generate_virtual_pop(100, "height", rnorm, 0, 1)
#> # A tibble: 100 x 1
#>     height
#>      <dbl>
#>  1 -0.666 
#>  2 -1.13  
#>  3 -0.369 
#>  4 -1.18  
#>  5  0.0593
#>  6 -1.83  
#>  7  0.814 
#>  8 -1.48  
#>  9 -1.42  
#> 10  1.94  
#> # … with 90 more rows
generate_virtual_pop(100, "n_accidents_per_hr", rpois, 2)
#> # A tibble: 100 x 1
#>    n_accidents_per_hr
#>                 <int>
#>  1                  4
#>  2                  1
#>  3                  0
#>  4                  5
#>  5                  3
#>  6                  1
#>  7                  1
#>  8                  1
#>  9                  1
#> 10                  1
#> # … with 90 more rows