Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:18:08 -0500
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Subject:      Re: How to evaluate if obs was randomly selected?
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Thanks Philip,

Yes, that is the quickest and simplest method. But I am not sure if the old
code is available right now. Is there a statistical method to do that?

Hu

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Phil Rack <PhilRack@minequest.com> wrote:

> I would ask them for a copy of the code that they used to create the random
> sample.
>
> Philip Rack
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of ST
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> Subject: How to evaluate if obs was randomly selected?
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have a simple question.
>
> There is a large dateset and someone gave me a sample. Is there a simple
> way
> to evaluate if the obs was randomly selected?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Hu
>
>