Statalist


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: st: random draw of single variable, not whole data


From   Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: random draw of single variable, not whole data
Date   Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:05:25 -0500

Florian Wakolbinger <[email protected]>:
One way is to -keep x-, -bsample-, -rename x y-, and -merge- the real
data back on:
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2006-11/msg00918.html

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Florian Wakolbinger
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> is it possible to randomly draw numbers out of a variable x and write it
> into another variable y
>
> i.e. if
>
> x
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
>
> then y could be, for instance
>
> y
> 3
> 5
> 3
> 2
> 4
>
> all numbers in y are randomly drawn from x. how is it possible to construct
> such a variable y in stata?
>
> thanks, and kind regards
> florian
>
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/



© Copyright 1996–2024 StataCorp LLC   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   What's new   |   Site index