SKNOR: Stata module to generate a sample from a normal or skewed (skew-normal) distribution, as defined by the user

Evangelos Kontopantelis ()
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Evangelos Kontopantelis: University of Manchester

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The program generates random numbers from a skewed normal distribution (right- skew being the default).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9.2
Keywords: normal distribution; skewed; skew-normal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03-12, Revised 2008-11-25
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install sknor". 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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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/sknor.hlp help file (text/plain)

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