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| From | "Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: AW: how to choose the # for --set seed #-- |
| Date | Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:39:50 +0100 |
<> Some people use the current date, which verges on arbitrary: http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-01/msg00978.html HTH Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Mandy fu Gesendet: Freitag, 5. März 2010 16:37 An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Betreff: st: how to choose the # for --set seed #-- Dear all, About the command --set seed # --, which is used set initial value of random-number seed, I was wondering if the # is simply arbitrary or I need to identify that initial value following some rule. I would appreciate if you could give me some suggestion. Thanks! Sincerely, Mandy Fu * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/