At 12:45 PM 9/26/02 -0800, Shareef Siddeek wrote: >Hi Statisticians, > >I have a simple question. I have the following set of discrete values, >each one of which has the same probability of selection (i.e., probability >distribution >is uniform). How do I proceed to select a discrete value randomly using >the uniform distribution? > >1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 > >Shareef
this sounds simple but, could you not put them in a hat ... put it high over your head ... shake up the hat ... and then reach in and pull out one? if you need more than one, pull out one ... put it back ... and shake the hat up and do it all over again of course, most software packages will do this for you ... >. >. >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >================================================================= Dennis Roberts, 208 Cedar Bldg., University Park PA 16802 <Emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm AC 8148632401 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
