Re: st: draw a sample from variables and incidence rates

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

moleps islon wrote:
> Dear statalisters,
> 2 questions:
> -Is there an easy way to draw 40 random patients from a sample of 450
> and generate a dummy variable containg 0 "not drawn" 1"drawn". E.g a
> command like : draw variable 40, gen(dummy)

Probably better to put two such disparate questions in two different
postings. I'll address the first:

 gen drawn=uniform()
 sort drawn
 replace drawn=_n<=40


hth,
Jeph
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