You might try -corr2data-
. corr2data newvar, mean(10.62) sd(1.74) n(109)
(obs 109)
. sum
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
newvar | 109 10.62 1.74 6.648153 14.176
Also, -drawnorm- and Joseph Hilbe's random number generators -rnd- might be
useful.
Hope this helps,
Scott
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> Subject: st: generating data sets with specific parameters
>
> Hello statalist,
>
>
>
> After reviewing the faq's and the archive I've been unable to find
> guidance
> or a module that would assist in generating data sets from scratch or at
> least near it. For instance, is it possible to identify statistical
> parameters, input them into stata, which would produce a data set as its
> product, such as, generate a newvariable with 109 observations that have a
> mean of 10.62 and a standev of 1.74. Maybe I've missed some guidance or
> perhaps such a command is not possible (or desirable?), or this is a goofy
> thought to start with. I reviewed -generate-, -exp-, -if-, etc but
> everything appears to build on a primary data set. When reading articles
> or
> text examples, one doesn't have access to the data set often, and
> sometimes
> I'd like to test what's being put forward on a dataset, just simply run
> the
> numbers. I have used -display- and some of the -i- commands, that's fine,
> but one can't work from other angles what's being put forward in the
> article/text, etc.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
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