> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of b k > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:04 PM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Random number quality > > Hello, > > I'm running R 2.10.1 on Windows Vista. I'm selecting a random sample of > several hundred items out of a larger population of several thousand. I > realize there is srswor() in package sampling for exactly this purpose, > but > as far as I can tell it uses the native PRNG which may or may not be > random > enough. Instead I used the random package which pulls random numbers from > random.org, although in my extended reading [vignette("random-intro", > package="random")] it seem like that may have problems also. > > I'm curious what the general consensus is for random number quality for > both > the native built-in PRNG and any alternatives including the random > package. > > Thanks, > Ben K. >
Without knowing what criteria/methods you would use to decide on "random enough", I would still say the default PRNG in R is more than adequate for your described application. Dan Daniel Nordlund Bothell, WA USA ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
