Re: st: Input data from keyboard combined with Monte Carlo

[John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch>]

Hi Nick:

Thanks for your suggestions.

The n=11 was just indicative....I did not want to have a wieldy example.

Best,
J.

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On 19.06.2013 12:36, Nick Cox wrote:
> You perhaps don't want to hear the advice not to do that, but
> -display- has a _request() directive that is one way to do it.
>
> Even if you're the only user, either you'll crash this repeatedly with
> silly little errors or you'll spend time writing code to catch such
> errors. Perhaps you don't mind.
>
> With 11 as the sample size, I'd consider typing them as a Stata matrix
> (vector) or as a numlist in an option. The two can be combined.
>
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 19 June 2013 11:20, John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch> wrote:
> > Suppose that I want to run the below program.
> >
> > clear
> > capture program drop sim
> > version 12
> > program define sim, rclass
> > drop _all
> > set obs 11
> > foreach var of newlist x1-x5 {
> > gen `var' = rnormal()
> > }
> > reg y x*
> > end
> > simulate explvar=e(r2), reps(50) seed(123): sim
> >
> > Now I want to generate y by using fixed-values that I input, e.g.,
> >
> > input y
> > 4.715581
> > 4.296504
> > 4.170745
> > 2.065717
> > 3.648136
> > 8.156727
> > 2.280866
> > 2.817171
> > 2.647611
> > 3.272532
> > end
> >
> > How can I combine inputting the data within the MC program so that the
> > y-values are always fixed and that the x's are randomly generated?
> >
> > Best,
> > John.
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________
> >
> > John Antonakis
> > Professor of Organizational Behavior
> > Director, Ph.D. Program in Management
> >
> > Faculty of Business and Economics
> > University of Lausanne
> > Internef #618
> > CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny
> > Switzerland
> > Tel ++41 (0)21 692-3438
> > Fax ++41 (0)21 692-3305
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> >
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> > The Leadership Quarterly
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