Random Permutations

Select menu: Data | Random Permutations

Performs a random permutation of the units for a list of factors and/or variates.

1. After you have imported your data, from the menu select Data | Random Permutations.

Data to randomize

Enter the names of the variates or factors to be randomized.

Seed

Sets the seed for the random number generator. A value of 0 will use a random seed generated from the system clock, if this is the first use of the generator; otherwise it will continue the sequence previously used. If the seed is taken from the system clock a message will be produced in the output indicating its value, allowing it to be re-used. Any particular non-zero integer seed will always produce the same underlying sequence of pseudo-random numbers to use in determining the permuted order, so the seed should normally be set to 0 except when you wish to exactly repeat an earlier randomization.

Action Icons

	Pin	Controls whether to keep the dialog open when you click Run. When the pin is down  the dialog will remain open, otherwise when the pin is up  the dialog will close.
	Restore	Restore names into edit fields and default settings.
	Clear	Clear all fields and list boxes.
	Help	Open the Help topic for this dialog.

See also

• Randomize
• Generate Random Sample
• RANDOMIZE directive in command mode
• Data Menu