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Re: How to generate continuous variable corresponding to Odds Ratio X
Posted:
Nov 4, 2006 8:00 AM
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Haris wrote:
> I am looking to generate a continuous normally distributed random
> variable with a given MEAN and SD for two groups. Is there a
> systematic way to generate two such groups with N number of cases so
> that their odds ratio in a logistic regression would be predictable?
> In my case I am looking for OR=1.5 but any other number would do.
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> Two normally distributed groups is the idealized case. If there are
> other distributions that I can use to solve this problem I would love
> to hear about them as well.
I'm probably missing something. Why won't two normal distributions
with the same standard deviation and priors P1 = 2/5, P2 = 3/5
do the trick?
Greg
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