predict_trunc_normal function

Simulate Truncated Normal Values

This internal function simulates covariate values from a normal distribution truncated on one side.

predict_trunc_normal(x, mean, est_sd, a, b)

Arguments

• x: Integer specifying the number of observations to be simulated.
• mean: Numeric scalar specifying the mean of the distribution.
• est_sd: Numeric scalar specifying the standard deviation of the distribution.
• a: Numeric scalar specifying the lower bound of truncation.
• b: Numeric scalar specifying the upper bound of truncation.

Returns

Numeric vector of simulated covariate values under the truncated normal distribution.