Re: st: Sampling from a t-distribution using Stata

["Stas Kolenikov" <skolenik@gmail.com>]

How about

g double t = m + sd* invnorm(uniform())/sqrt( invchi2(_N-3), uniform() )

On 6/4/07, tiago.pereira@incor.usp.br <tiago.pereira@incor.usp.br> wrote:
> Dear statalisters,
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> I would like to generate a new variable called "x", in which "x" has a
> t-distribution with n-3 degrees of freedom (where n is the number of new
> generated observations), a mean "m" and a standard deviation, "sd", that
> is:
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> x ~ t-distribution[n-3 df] (m, sd)
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> How do I obtain a set of 100 new observations assuming that m=0.4 and
> sd=0.05 using Stata?
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> I will be very grateful for any help.
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> Regards,
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> Tiago
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