Random Number Generator

Thomas Quirk ()
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Thomas Quirk: Webster University, School of Business and Technology

Chapter Chapter 2 in Excel 2010 for Educational and Psychological Statistics, 2012, pp 21-33 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explains how to use Excel to take a random sample of people (or objects) from a sampling frame that contains the list of people (or objects) from which you want to take a random sample. You will learn how to use Excel to create frame numbers for generating random numbers, why a set of duplicate frame numbers is important, and the Excel commands needed to sort the duplicate frame numbers into a random sequence. In addition, you will learn how to print out your result so that all of the information fits entirely onto a single page of paper. Three practice problems are given at the end of the chapter to test your Excel skills, and the answers to these problems appear in Appendix A of this book. An additional practice problem for each chapter is presented in the Practice Test given in Appendix B along with the answers in Appendix C of this book.

Keywords: Duplicate Frame Numbers; Practice Problems; Random Sorting; Political Pollsters; Finish Sorting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2071-2_2

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