--- Carlo Lazzaro <[email protected]> wrote:
> is there a Stata 9.2/SE built-in function to obtain the
> goodness-of-fit about the right distribution to impose over a dataset
> before running a Montecarlo simulation?
No, but in many cases you should be able to derive that from the
parameters you put into the simulated distribution, the sample size,
and the definition of the goodness of fit statistic. If you don't want
to do the math you can simulate it.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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The Netherlands
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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