RSORT: Stata module to perform reproducible random sorting of dataset

Phil Clayton ()
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Phil Clayton: ANZDATA Registry, Australia

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: -rsort- randomly sorts the dataset in memory. This is useful for various situations in which the sort order of the dataset may affect results, such as sampling without replacement in propensity score matching. -rsort- optionally supports reproducible sorting to enable completely reproducible analyses.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 12
Keywords: sort; random; reproducible sort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11-09
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install rsort". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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