Re: Draw one random case

[Kim Jinnett]

Dear all,

I'd appreciate the SPSS syntax to draw one random case from my dataset
to reward a respondent prize.

Thanks in advance. -Kim

[Bauer, Craig]

Here's a simple one, assumes <10k cases in your file

compute rand=uniform(10000).
sort cases by rand.
select if $casenum=1.

That makes a random number, sorts by that random number, and pulls the
first case.

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Kim Jinnett
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Subject: Re: Draw one random case

Dear all,

I'd appreciate the SPSS syntax to draw one random case from my dataset
to reward a respondent prize.

Thanks in advance. -Kim