CFA4Techie

ZeroBonus Wrote:
> I don't understand what you said but if I need 10
> numbers that add up to 1 and I can get those 10
> numbers (a different combo each time) which are
> 'derived' from another sample of 10 numbers, I
> don't see how that isn't purely random
>
> If you 'hide' column A in ohai's solution, you
> will see 10 random numbers that add up to 1 every
> time.

ZeroBonus, I was saying that whenever you generate a random variable it's good to have an idea of its distribution. I care very much about that and I was suggesting considering the impact of the suggested algorithm on the distribution of the results. I am sorry about the confusion. My comments would've been more appropriate for wilmott.com.