Get random sample of various size then calculate statistics

 

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SET MPRINT=yes.
* code: Raynald Levesque rlevesque@videotron.ca.


* -------------------DEFINE MACRO ---------------------------------------------.
DEFINE !sample(myvar !TOKENS(1) 
		/nbsampl !TOKENS(1)
		/size !CMDEND).
* myvar = the variable of interest (here we want the mean of salary)
* nbsampl = number of samples.
* size = the size of each samples.

!LET !first='1'
!DO !ss !IN (!size)
!DO !count = 1 !TO !nbsampl.

GET FILE='c:\\Program Files\\SPSS\\employee data.sav'.

COMPUTE draw=uniform(1).
SORT CASES BY draw.
N OF CASES !ss.

COMPUTE samplenb=!count. 
COMPUTE ss=!ss.

AGGREGATE
  /OUTFILE=*
  /BREAK=samplenb
  /!myvar = MEAN(!myvar) /ss=FIRST(ss).

!IF (!first !NE '1') !THEN
ADD FILES /FILE=*  /FILE='c:\\temp\\sample.sav'.
!IFEND
SAVE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\sample.sav'.
!LET !first='0'

!DOEND. 
!DOEND. 

VARIABLE LABEL ss 'Sample size'.
EXAMINE
  VARIABLES=salary BY ss /PLOT=BOXPLOT/STATISTICS=NONE/NOTOTAL
  /MISSING=REPORT.

!ENDDEFINE.
* ----------------END OF MACRO ----------------------------------------------.


* Call macro (parameters are number of samples (here 20) and sizes of sample (here 5, 10,15,30,50). 
* Thus 20 samples of size 5.
* Thus 20 samples of size 10, etc.
!sample myvar=salary nbsampl=20 size= 5 10 15 30 50.
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