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Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:39:09 -0700
Reply-To:   Bruce Bradbury <BruceBrad@INAME.COM>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Bruce Bradbury <BruceBrad@INAME.COM>
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Subject:   Re: Independent Random Numbers
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> Why do you need two separate streams? The (pseudo-)random numbers will > be (apparently) independent and not serially correlated (not > statistically > correlated, even if they are mathematically derivable) even if you run > them from a single stream. So what are you doing that you need two > separate streams?

If this is true, then this is good enough for me. Does this apply to both the ranuni function and the call ranuni statement, or just to the latter?


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