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ALEXMANI
Calcite | Level 5

how to use Monte Carlo method to sample data from N popolation with normal distribution?

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

That's a very brief problem description. So here is my very brief answer.

 

data want;
     n=1000;
     do i=1 to n;
          y=rand('normal');
          output;
     end;
run;

If that's not what you are looking for, describe your problem in detail.

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Paige Miller
ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

@ALEXMANI I see you've posted several topics about Monte Carlo simulation.

 

This paper by @JBrinkley provides a good intro to the topic and might help:

  https://www.lexjansen.com/sesug/2018/SESUG2018_Paper-135_Final_PDF.pdf

 

And @Rick_SAS has a comprehensive series about simulation on his blog -- great reference.

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