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Re: st: invnormal calculation method


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: invnormal calculation method
Date   Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:30:53 +0100

-invnorm()- is a function, not a command, and it calculates normal
quantiles, not random normal deviates. That said, I don't know of any
documentation other than the manuals.
Nick
[email protected]


On 10 September 2013 07:48, David Rivenbark <[email protected]> wrote:
>        Can someone refer me to the documentation that describes the method
> Stata uses to calculate standard random normal variates when using the
> command invnorm(p)?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
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