Random sampling (numpy.random)

Simple random data

rand(d0, d1, ..., dn)	Random values in a given shape.
randn(d0, d1, ..., dn)	Return a sample (or samples) from the “standard normal” distribution.
randint(low[, high, size, dtype])	Return random integers from low (inclusive) to high (exclusive).
random_integers(low[, high, size])	Random integers of type np.int between low and high, inclusive.
random_sample([size])	Return random floats in the half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
random([size])	Return random floats in the half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
ranf([size])	Return random floats in the half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
sample([size])	Return random floats in the half-open interval [0.0, 1.0).
choice(a[, size, replace, p])	Generates a random sample from a given 1-D array
bytes(length)	Return random bytes.

Permutations

shuffle(x)	Modify a sequence in-place by shuffling its contents.
permutation(x)	Randomly permute a sequence, or return a permuted range.

Distributions

beta(a, b[, size])	Draw samples from a Beta distribution.
binomial(n, p[, size])	Draw samples from a binomial distribution.
chisquare(df[, size])	Draw samples from a chi-square distribution.
dirichlet(alpha[, size])	Draw samples from the Dirichlet distribution.
exponential([scale, size])	Draw samples from an exponential distribution.
f(dfnum, dfden[, size])	Draw samples from an F distribution.
gamma(shape[, scale, size])	Draw samples from a Gamma distribution.
geometric(p[, size])	Draw samples from the geometric distribution.
gumbel([loc, scale, size])	Draw samples from a Gumbel distribution.
hypergeometric(ngood, nbad, nsample[, size])	Draw samples from a Hypergeometric distribution.
laplace([loc, scale, size])	Draw samples from the Laplace or double exponential distribution with specified location (or mean) and scale (decay).
logistic([loc, scale, size])	Draw samples from a logistic distribution.
lognormal([mean, sigma, size])	Draw samples from a log-normal distribution.
logseries(p[, size])	Draw samples from a logarithmic series distribution.
multinomial(n, pvals[, size])	Draw samples from a multinomial distribution.
multivariate_normal(mean, cov[, size])	Draw random samples from a multivariate normal distribution.
negative_binomial(n, p[, size])	Draw samples from a negative binomial distribution.
noncentral_chisquare(df, nonc[, size])	Draw samples from a noncentral chi-square distribution.
noncentral_f(dfnum, dfden, nonc[, size])	Draw samples from the noncentral F distribution.
normal([loc, scale, size])	Draw random samples from a normal (Gaussian) distribution.
pareto(a[, size])	Draw samples from a Pareto II or Lomax distribution with specified shape.
poisson([lam, size])	Draw samples from a Poisson distribution.
power(a[, size])	Draws samples in [0, 1] from a power distribution with positive exponent a - 1.
rayleigh([scale, size])	Draw samples from a Rayleigh distribution.
standard_cauchy([size])	Draw samples from a standard Cauchy distribution with mode = 0.
standard_exponential([size])	Draw samples from the standard exponential distribution.
standard_gamma(shape[, size])	Draw samples from a standard Gamma distribution.
standard_normal([size])	Draw samples from a standard Normal distribution (mean=0, stdev=1).
standard_t(df[, size])	Draw samples from a standard Student’s t distribution with df degrees of freedom.
triangular(left, mode, right[, size])	Draw samples from the triangular distribution over the interval [left, right].
uniform([low, high, size])	Draw samples from a uniform distribution.
vonmises(mu, kappa[, size])	Draw samples from a von Mises distribution.
wald(mean, scale[, size])	Draw samples from a Wald, or inverse Gaussian, distribution.
weibull(a[, size])	Draw samples from a Weibull distribution.
zipf(a[, size])	Draw samples from a Zipf distribution.

Random generator

RandomState([seed])	Container for the Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator.
seed([seed])	Seed the generator.
get_state()	Return a tuple representing the internal state of the generator.
set_state(state)	Set the internal state of the generator from a tuple.