Bradley Harding|Denis Cousineau
GRD: An SPSS extension command for generating random data
University of Ottawa|University of Ottawa
master statistics data analysis tools necessary understand number concepts many quite abstractfor example sampling theoretical distribution help individuals explore understand randomnesssampling also used build exercises aimed help students master statisticshere present grd generator random data extension command spss version 17 abovewith grd possible get random data given distributionin simplest use grd return set simulated data normal distributionwith subcommands grd possible get data multiple groups multiple repeated measures desired effect sizesgroup sizes equal unequalwith subcommands possible sample theoretical population simply normal distribution introduce nonhomogeneous variances fix randomize subject effects etcfinally grds generated data format ready analyzed