How to generate random values from tlocationscale distributions ?

I would like to create some random numbers with tlocationscale distribution.I am not sure how to do it. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

[Anudeep Kumar]

Hey Rita,

In MATLAB, you can generate random numbers from a t location-scale distribution using the “makedist” and “random” functions.

Here is a sample code on how to achieve the goal:

% Parameters
mu = 0;        % Location parameter
sigma = 1;     % Scale parameter
nu = 5;        % Degrees of freedom
N = 1000;      % Number of random numbers

% Create the t location-scale distribution object
pd = makedist('tLocationScale', 'mu', mu, 'sigma', sigma, 'nu', nu);

% Generate random numbers
r = random(pd, N, 1);

% Display histogram
histogram(r, 30);
title('Random numbers from t location-scale distribution');

You can refer to this documentation for detail about the function and how you can modify it for your use case:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2025a/stats/prob.tlocationscaledistribution.html

Hope it helps!