Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-22 Thread Jerry Dallal
Diego Kuonen wrote: > > Jerry Dallal wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't call bootstrapping "sampling from a population." > > > Would you? > > > > Actually, yes. The population defined by the original sample. > > More precisely: "sampling with replacement from the original sample"... Well, yes, but si

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-22 Thread Diego Kuonen
Jerry Dallal wrote: > > > I wouldn't call bootstrapping "sampling from a population." > > Would you? > > Actually, yes. The population defined by the original sample. More precisely: "sampling with replacement from the original sample"... Greets Diego Kuonen -- Diego DOT Kuonen AT epfl D

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-22 Thread Jerry Dallal
Jon Cryer wrote: > > I wouldn't call bootstrapping "sampling from a population." > Would you? > Actually, yes. The population defined by the original sample. = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 02:12 PM 9/21/01 -0500, Jon Cryer wrote: >I wouldn't call bootstrapping "sampling from a population." >Would you? well, getting the first boot ... to do the strapping ... might be ... but, after that ... then REsampling from the first SAMPLE (boot) ... would be a better way to describe it s

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Jon Cryer
I wouldn't call bootstrapping "sampling from a population." Would you? Jon Cryer At 06:03 PM 9/21/01 GMT, you wrote: >Jon Cryer wrote: >> >> But it would be bad statistics to sample with replacement. > >Whew! saves me from having to learn about all that bootstrap >stuff! :-) > > >

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Jerry Dallal
Jon Cryer wrote: > > But it would be bad statistics to sample with replacement. Whew! saves me from having to learn about all that bootstrap stuff! :-) = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the p

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
> >"@Home" wrote: > >> > > >> > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > >> > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > >> > > >> > >and Randy Poe responded: > >> Um. > >> > >> A sample of 100 from a population of 100 is going to > >> give you t

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Jon Cryer
But it would be bad statistics to sample with replacement. Jon Cryer At 08:35 AM 9/21/01 -0300, you wrote: >"@Home" wrote: >> > >> > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random >> > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. >> > >> >and Randy Poe resp

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-21 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
"@Home" wrote: > > > > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > > > and Randy Poe responded: > Um. > > A sample of 100 from a population of 100 is going to > give you the entire population. D

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread @Home
Rand really doesn't help. You need to put in separate arguments for the sample size n, number of repetitions, and location of the population array. "Jay Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > In Excel, the random number generator is =RAND() > >

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Rich Ulrich
[ stripping a couple of Newsgroups from the list ] On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:08:42 -0300, Gus Gassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randy Poe wrote: > > > "@Home" wrote: > > > > > > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > > > samples of size n=100 from a popul

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread dennis roberts
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Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread @Home
" A sample of 100 from a population of 100 is going to > > give you the entire population" Right my example was flawed, assume n=80 and you run the sampling 1000 times. The random generated list you are sampling has 200 number. "Gus Gassmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread jim clark
Hi On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, @Home wrote: > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > > Is this conceivable? for excel etc. Easily done with various statistical software (e.g., SPSS, SAS), if you have acces

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Voltolini
TED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Free program to generate random samples > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > > Is th

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Jay Warner
In Excel, the random number generator is =RAND() Produces a number between 0 and 1, inclusive. Some peole dislikie its amount of randomness, but for class purposes, it seems to work well. 2000 x 100 cells to get your sampel set is going to be big, but I think do-able. Or, set up say 100 of the

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Gus Gassmann
Randy Poe wrote: > "@Home" wrote: > > > > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > > > > Um. > > A sample of 100 from a population of 100 is going to > give you the entire population. Um^2. Only if yo

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Randy Poe
"@Home" wrote: > > Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random > samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. > Um. A sample of 100 from a population of 100 is going to give you the entire population. - Randy ==

Re: Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread Edward Dreyer
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Free program to generate random samples

2001-09-20 Thread @Home
Is there any downloadable freeware that can generate let's say 2000 random samples of size n=100 from a population of 100 numbers. Is this conceivable? for excel etc. = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks a