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st: how to generate a variable where one third of values would be randomly assigned
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Ekaterina Hertog <[email protected]>
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st: how to generate a variable where one third of values would be randomly assigned
Date
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:04:13 +0000
Dear all,
I use stata 11 and I need to generate a variable where two thirds of
observations (about 1300 obs) will be equal to 120 and the rest of the
values are randomly assigned, but are all integers and less than 120.
Any advice will be very much appreciated,
Ekaterina
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