Date:         Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:30:18 -0500
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From:         "data _null_;" <datanull@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sampling in SAS
Comments: To: Syb it <sas_datalover@yahoo.com>
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SURVEYSELECT is a good choice if you have SAS/STAT software.

data work.aFewThousand;
   do I = 1 to 2e3;
      output;
      end;
   run;
proc surveyselect
      seed     =  205872001 /* use a different number */
      method   =  srs /*  Simple Random Sampling */
      data     =  work.afewthousand
      out      =  work.OneHundred
      n = 100
      ;
   run;
proc print;
   run;

On 2/12/07, Syb it <sas_datalover@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How does one generate a random sample in SAS? LEts say you had a couple thousand observations but one only wanted 100 randomly selected from the bigger database? Any clues?
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