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| From | Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: random uniform variable with unequal probabilities |
| Date | Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:15:54 +0100 |
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Tomáš Houška wrote: > I need to generate a random variable from uniform distribution, but > the probabilities are not not same for each option. Than it is not a uniform distribution, but a discrete distribution. Several tips on how to draw a distribution like that are given here: M.L. Buis (2007), "Stata tip 48: Discrete uses for uniform()", The Stata Journal, 7(3), pp. 434-435. <http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0032> -- Maarten --------------------------------- Maarten L. Buis WZB Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin Germany http://www.maartenbuis.nl --------------------------------- * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/