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Re: st: invnormal calculation method
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: invnormal calculation method
Date
Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:30:53 +0100
-invnorm()- is a function, not a command, and it calculates normal
quantiles, not random normal deviates. That said, I don't know of any
documentation other than the manuals.
Nick
[email protected]
On 10 September 2013 07:48, David Rivenbark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can someone refer me to the documentation that describes the method
> Stata uses to calculate standard random normal variates when using the
> command invnorm(p)?
>
> Thanks,
> David
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