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st: generating synthetic data with a negatively skewed distribution?
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Gwinyai Masukume <[email protected]>
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st: generating synthetic data with a negatively skewed distribution?
Date
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:55:26 +0200
Dear Stata list,
I'm using version 12.1.
I'd like to generate synthetic data with a ? negatively skewed
distribution.
gen x =3D int(1964+(1999-1964)*runiform())
I would for example like a peak of events at say 1983, with more events
between 1983 and 1999 (with fewer events between 1964 and 1983).
I suspect that drawing from a beta distribution may work?
Thanks for your consideration.
Kind regards,
Gwinyai
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