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st: RE: RE: how to choose the # for --set seed #--
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"Lachenbruch, Peter" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: RE: how to choose the # for --set seed #--
Date
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:58:05 -0800
I would always use Nick Cox's birthday if I knew it :-)
Tony
Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-737-3832
FAX: 541-737-4001
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: how to choose the # for --set seed #--
The only absolute rule is to use the same # to get the same random
results.
Otherwise it's up to you. Some people like to set up a hierarchy of
randomly choosing random seeds, but that's a matter of taste or humour,
so far as I can see.
Nick
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mandy fu
Sent: 05 March 2010 15:37
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: how to choose the # for --set seed #--
Dear all,
About the command --set seed # --, which is used set initial value of
random-number seed, I was wondering if the # is simply arbitrary or I
need to identify that initial value following some rule.
I would appreciate if you could give me some suggestion. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Mandy Fu
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