SPSS RV Function

Basic Use COMPUTE v1 = RV.NORMAL(0,1). Summary In SPSS, RV is short for random variable. It draws random values from a given probability distribution.* The latter is specified as a period separated suffix as in RV.BERNOULLI(.5).RV is mostly but not necessarily used with COMPUTE. Random Sample (N = 10,000) from a Standard Normal Distribution SPSS Rv Examples A nice way to get […]

Draw a Stratified Random Sample

“I have 5 groups of 10 cases in my data. How can I draw a stratified random sample from these cases? That is, from groups 1 through 5 I’d like to draw exactly 5, 4, 5, 6 and 3 cases at random. What’s an efficient way to do this?” Before and after drawing our stratified […]

Simple Random Sampling – What Is It?

Introduction Popular statistical procedures such as ANOVA, a chi-square test or a t-test quietly rely on the assumption that your data are a simple random sample from your population. Violation of this assumption may result in biased or even nonsensical test results and few researchers seem to be aware of this. Plenty of reasons for a brief discussion of simple […]

JavaScript Random

Math.random() Math.random() returns a random number between 0 (inclusive),  and 1 (exclusive): Example Math.random();              // returns a random number Try it Yourself » Math.random() always returns a number lower than 1. JavaScript Random Integers Math.random() used with Math.floor() can be used to return random integers. Example Math.floor(Math.random() * 10);     // returns a random integer from 0 to […]