Try this,
findit rnd
help rnd
It can generate binomially distributed random numbers
//
Random number generators
------------------------
Student's t: rndt obs df
Chi-square: rndchi obs df
F: rndf obs df_n df_d
log normal: rndlgn obs mean var
Poisson: rndpoi obs mean
rndpoix [ mu ]
binomial: rndbin obs prob numb
rndbinx [ prob ] den
//
Hope it helps...
-A
On Aug 27, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Vieira, Cecilia wrote:
Hi all,
I need to generate a sample from scratch: 150 observations
following a binomial
distribution with p=10% chance of success.
Which command should I use? Any suggestions about references I
could use? I had
no luck with the stata help.
Thank you,
Cecilia
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