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RE: st: The function " invnorm(uniform())"


From   [email protected]
To   [email protected]
Subject   RE: st: The function " invnorm(uniform())"
Date   Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:18:10 +0200

Many thanks to Nick Cox for his prompt reply - I will use the recommended
direct method.

Best regards,

Amani

-----Original Message-----
From: n j cox [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:47
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: The function " invnorm(uniform())"


[email protected] wrote:
> 
> I am using the function "invnorm(uniform())" which returns normally
> distributed random numbers with mean        zero and standard deviation
one,
> inside a program "linsim.ado".    The latter is used with:
> 
> simul linsim, reps(10000)
> 
> program define lnsim
>             version 7.0
>             if "`1'"=="?" {
>                     global S_1 "eff diag1 diag2"
>                     exit
>             }
>             drop _all
>             set obs 1
>             gen eff = uniform()*100
>             gen diag1 = invnorm(uniform())
>             gen diag2 = invnorm(uniform())*1.5 + 5
>             post `1' (eff) (diag1) (diag2) 
> end
> 
> Can I say that the variable "diag2", is a normally distributed random
number
> with mean 5 and standard deviation 1.5.

Yes, but you need not use -simul- to get this. Just do it directly:

set obs 10000
gen eff = uniform()*100
gen diag1 = invnorm(uniform())
gen diag2 = invnorm(uniform())*1.5 + 5
outfile eff diag1 diag2

Nick
[email protected]





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