https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28076#M3960 Is it possible to take a random sample (say 10,000 pieces) from a specific distribution (such as a normal distribution) and store it to a list in EG. Can't seem to find it in the menu!<BR /> Thanks! Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:39:28 GMT deleted_user 2010-11-03T22:39:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28076#M3960 Is it possible to take a random sample (say 10,000 pieces) from a specific distribution (such as a normal distribution) and store it to a list in EG. Can't seem to find it in the menu!<BR /> Thanks! Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:39:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28076#M3960 deleted_user 2010-11-03T22:39:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28077#M3961 Not sure what you mean by "list".<BR /> <BR /> You can create pseudo-random numbers using the query builder task and store them in a data set. Go to computed column and select advanced expression. There are a host of functions for generating the random numbers. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:05:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28077#M3961 Doc_Duke 2010-11-04T17:05:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28078#M3962 Exactly what I was looking for.<BR /> Thank you!<BR /> <BR /> To clarify, by "list" I meant "column". Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:31:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Generating-Random-Data-from-a-Specific-Distribution-such-as/m-p/28078#M3962 deleted_user 2010-11-04T20:31:57Z