Date:         Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:55:22 -0400
Reply-To:     "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM>
Subject:      Re: Random Selection of data

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:25:16 -0700, RAMS <ramsathish@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>        I have a doubt in random selection.  I entered 1500 subjects
>information through MS Access Database.  Now i want to randomly select
>some sample to check the validity of the data entry.  Is there any
>formula available to choosing a random sample?

1. This is a SAS discussion. Perhaps you should post this question in an
Access discussion.

2. Unless the consequences of errors are not serious, data entry
validation should be done for 100 percent of the data, not a sample.

>
>Anyone please help me.
>
>Thanks in advance.