Range of Random.Gaussian?

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I wonder what the range of Random.Gaussian is? In my tests, I’ve gotten as high as +/-6, but I was under the impression that it should be from -1 to 1. How would one use this?

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http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/normal.htm :slight_smile:
“Although it may appear as if a normal distribution does not include any values beyond a certain interval, the density is actually positive for all values, (-inf, +inf)”

Also, about 99.9999998027% of the values from a normal distribution will fall within 6 standard deviations. Let it run longer and you should get some 7’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution#Standard_deviation_and_tolerance_intervals

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Thanks.