how to go about generating random numbers based on Weibull distribution in VBA? I had a rough idea for Normal (from link below) which i later extended to Lognormal but am having difficulty with Weibull and Gamma will appreciate any help.
http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/19233
I would like to get random number generator for normal distribution and I’m using:
=NORMINV(RAND(),$B$1,$B$2)
Where B1 is mean (average) and B2 is SD.
This command works, but in the random generating numbers, I’m getting positive and negative numbers (ex. -23,34).
how to change command so I can generate positive only numbers?
Confidence level calculation.
Background Info: I am doing a weibull analysis on failure data. Some of the data is right censored. I have already run a maximum likelihood estimate to obtain the estimated weibull parameters with Excel's SOLVER function. I am good on this part.
Now I want to calculate these parameters with a 95% confidence interval. I can't seem to find information on calculating confidence intervals with right censored data.
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Code:
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[Code]....
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