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Re: Statistics

Rich,
  It sounds like you want a generate random points from a binomial distribtion
(or some other distribution).  You do this by combining a random() function with
a gamma function (in the case of a binary distribution).

Take a look at Numerical Recipies in XXXX, section 7.3 (where XXXX is your language
of choice :)

            Jeffrey
            

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