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Random Data
Generate random data sample.

Inputs

None

Outputs

Data: randomly generated data

Random Data allows creating random data sets, where variables correspond to the
selected distributions. The user can specify the number of rows (samples) and the number
of variables for each distribution. Distributions from the Scipy’s stats
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(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/stats.html) module are used.

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1. Normal
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.norm.html#scipy.stats.norm):
A normal continuous random variable. Set the number of variables, the mean and the
variance.
2. Bernoulli
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.bernoulli.html#scipy.stats.bernou
A Bernoulli discrete random variable. Set the number of variables and the probability
mass function.

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3. Binomial
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A binomial discrete random variable. Set the number of variables, the number of trials
and probability of success.
4. Uniform
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.uniform.html#scipy.stats.uniform
A uniform continuous random variable. Set the number of variables and the lower and
upper bound of the distribution.
5. Discrete uniform
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.randint.html#scipy.stats.randint)
A uniform discrete random variable. Set the number of variables and the number of
values per variable.
6. Multinomial
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.multinomial.html#scipy.stats.mul
A multinomial random variable. Set the probabilities and the number of trials. The
probabilities should sum to one. The number of probabilities corresponds to the final
number of variables generated.
7. Add more variables… enables selecting new distributions from the list and with that adding
additional variables. Distributions can be removed by pressing an X in the top left corner
of each distribution.
8. Define the sample size (i.e. number of rows, default 1000) and press Generate to output
the data set.

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1. Hypergeometric
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.hypergeom.html#scipy.stats.hype

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A hypergeometric discrete random variable. Set the number of variables, number of

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2. Negative binomial
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.nbinom.html#scipy.stats.nbinom)
A negative binomial discrete random variable. Set the number of variables, number of
successes and the probability of a success.
3. Poisson
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.poisson.html#scipy.stats.poisson)
A Poisson discrete random variable. Set the number of variables and the event rate
(expected number of occurrences).
4. Exponential
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.expon.html#scipy.stats.expon):
An exponential continuous random variable. Set the number of variables.
5. Gamma
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.gamma.html#scipy.stats.gamma):
A gamma continuous random variable. Set the number of variables, the shape and scale.
The larger the scale parameter, the more spread out the distribution.
6. Student’s t
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.t.html#scipy.stats.t):
A Student’s t continuous random variable. Set the number of variables and the degrees of
freedom.
7. Bivariate normal
(https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.multivariate_normal.html#scipy.s
A multivariate normal random variable where the number of variables is fixed to 2. The
number of variables is set to two and cannot be changed. Set the mean and variance of
each variable and the covariance matrix of the distribution.

Example
We normaly wouldn’t create a data set with so many different distributions but rather, for
instance, a set of normally distributed variables and perhaps a binary variable, which we will
use as the target variable. In this example, we use the default settings, which generate 10
normally distributed variables and a single binomial variable.

We observe the generated data in a Data Table and in Distributions.

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