Performs a random permutation of the units for a list of factors and/or variates.
Data to Randomize
Used to enter the names of the variates or factors to be randomized.
The
button allows multiple selections to be copied from
Available Data.
Seed
Sets the seed for the random number generator. A value of 0 will use a
random seed generated from the system clock, if this is the first use of
the generator; otherwise it will continue the sequence previously used.
If the seed is taken from the system clock a message will be produced
in the output indicating its value, allowing it to be re-used.
Any particular non-zero integer seed will always produce the same underlying
sequence of pseudo-random numbers to use in determining the permuted order,
so the seed should normally be set to 0 except when you wish to exactly repeat
an earlier randomization.
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