TRUERND: Stata module to generate true random numbers

Sergiy Radyakin

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: truernd provides an interface to the true random number service provided by the random.org website created by Mads Haahr. This service samples atmospheric noise via radio tuned to an unused broadcasting frequency together with a skew correction algorithm due to John von Neumann.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 7
Keywords: random numbers; random.org; web service; data initialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01-27
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install truernd". 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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