Re: st: Input data from keyboard combined with Monte Carlo

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I see. If n is not fixed, the -display- directive to input numbers
would need to be supplemented by input of how many numbers you intend
to give, which probably rules it out.

I don't see why your program should not allow -input- in the middle,
but I've not tried that, or at least recently. Seems easiest to input
some numbers, then run the program.
Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 19 June 2013 17:42, John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch> wrote:
> Hi Nick:
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> The n=11 was just indicative....I did not want to have a wieldy example.
>
> Best,
>
> J.
>
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> On 19.06.2013 12:36, Nick Cox wrote:
>>
>> You perhaps don't want to hear the advice not to do that, but
>> -display- has a _request() directive that is one way to do it.
>>
>> Even if you're the only user, either you'll crash this repeatedly with
>> silly little errors or you'll spend time writing code to catch such
>> errors. Perhaps you don't mind.
>>
>> With 11 as the sample size, I'd consider typing them as a Stata matrix
>> (vector) or as a numlist in an option. The two can be combined.
>>
>> Nick
>> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On 19 June 2013 11:20, John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> Suppose that I want to run the below program.
>>>
>>> clear
>>> capture program drop sim
>>> version 12
>>> program define sim, rclass
>>> drop _all
>>> set obs 11
>>> foreach var of newlist x1-x5 {
>>> gen `var' = rnormal()
>>> }
>>> reg y x*
>>> end
>>> simulate explvar=e(r2), reps(50) seed(123): sim
>>>
>>> Now I want to generate y by using fixed-values that I input, e.g.,
>>>
>>> input y
>>> 4.715581
>>> 4.296504
>>> 4.170745
>>> 2.065717
>>> 3.648136
>>> 8.156727
>>> 2.280866
>>> 2.817171
>>> 2.647611
>>> 3.272532
>>> end
>>>
>>> How can I combine inputting the data within the MC program so that the
>>> y-values are always fixed and that the x's are randomly generated?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> John.
>>>
>>>
>>> __________________________________________
>>>
>>> John Antonakis
>>> Professor of Organizational Behavior
>>> Director, Ph.D. Program in Management
>>>
>>> Faculty of Business and Economics
>>> University of Lausanne
>>> Internef #618
>>> CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny
>>> Switzerland
>>> Tel ++41 (0)21 692-3438
>>> Fax ++41 (0)21 692-3305
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