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| From | Stas Kolenikov <skolenik@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: bootsrap random number use |
| Date | Fri, 4 Oct 2013 17:47:45 -0500 |
As far as I remember looking at the -bsample- code, which I never understood, it also sorts the data this or that way when -expand-ing the bootstrap frequencies. -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (ASA, SSC) -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the position of my employer -- http://stas.kolenikov.name On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Statalist, > > suppose I want to bootsrap myself. For a dataset with 74 observations > to do two bootstrap iterations I would need to pick 2x74=148 random > numbers, but Stata picks 296. Why? > > Thank you, Sergiy Radyakin > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/