Re: Samples between PSPP and SPSS

[Ben Pfaff]

Andy Choens <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for the information. I am writing most of my syntax on
> PSPP on my Linux box but I will check it against a copy of SPSS
> I have access to periodically. Reproducability of the sample
> selection is important and I will see if I can get the same
> results from both SPSS and PSPP when I use the same seed across
> both systems.

I've never made any attempt to sync up the results between PSPP
and SPSS in this area.  Even if they do use the same PRNG, that
doesn't mean that they use it in the same way, so it's unlikely
that the results would coincide without actually trying.
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
http://benpfaff.org