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*   GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS FROM A          *
*        NORMAL   DISTRIBUTION                *
*                                             *
*      DSN = RANNOR.SAS                       *
*                                             *
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DATA NEW;
SEED = 4567;
MU = 9.50;  SIGMASQ = 8.75; *[STD=2.958];
DO I = 1 TO 1000;
Z = RANNOR(SEED);
X = MU + SQRT(SIGMASQ) * Z;
OUTPUT;
END;
PROC PRINT; VAR SEED MU SIGMASQ Z X;
PROC MEANS; VAR SEED MU SIGMASQ Z X;

DATA NEW;
SEED = 4567;
MU = 9.50;  SIGMASQ = 8.75; *[STD=2.958];
DO I = 1 TO 10000;
Z = RANNOR(SEED);
X = MU + SQRT(SIGMASQ) * Z;
OUTPUT;
END;
PROC PRINT; VAR SEED MU SIGMASQ Z X;
PROC MEANS; VAR SEED MU SIGMASQ Z X;
RUN;