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st: RE: std. bivariate nrm. dist.


From   "Steichen, Thomas J." <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: std. bivariate nrm. dist.
Date   Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:44:45 -0500

Fatma Bircan writes:
> How to calculate standard bivariate normal distribution in STATA. 
> 
> STATA claculates the cumulative distribution as follows.
> . binorm(h,k,r) returns the joint cumulative distribution of 
> the bivariate normal with correlation r; cumulative over 
> (-inf,h]x(-inf,k].
>  
> But I need bivariate normal distribution. I think they are 
> not the same thing.

It is not clear to me what you want. Please clarify.

If you wish to draw a bivariate normal random sample, try -drawnorm-.

Tom

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