Date:         Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:18:06 -0500
Reply-To:     "Granaas, Michael" <mgranaas@usd.edu>
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From:         "Granaas, Michael" <mgranaas@usd.edu>
Subject:      simple simulation programming ?
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I've not tried to do anything resembling programming in SPSS and was wondering if it is possible to do some simple simulations.  Something like:

Sample 10,000 random values from a distribution
Place the values in a data column
repeat the sampling process a few hundred times

Links or examples would be appreciated.

(I have visual basic installed and have been meaning to learn how to use it.  Perhaps this would be a better approach?)

Thanks,

Michael

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