How to Create a Random Sample in Excel (in 3 minutes!)

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  • Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
  • A 3-minute tutorial that demonstrates how to generate a random sampling of records using Excel.

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  • @courtneyschwartz3409
    @courtneyschwartz3409 2 роки тому +8

    You are AWESOME!!! I am a first time college student re taking applied statistics because I failed the first time. This video was very simple, straight to the point, and is going to save my life! Thank you!

  • @B2McoNZ
    @B2McoNZ 8 років тому +11

    Just what I was looking for and explained very clearly. Thank you. I now have 500 random records from a list of over 2,000 records.

  • @raisibeangela
    @raisibeangela 2 роки тому +2

    You just saved me for my stats assignment. Thanks very much appreciated. Video was very helpful

  • @pelesimajani8850
    @pelesimajani8850 10 років тому +4

    Very helpful in my career! I just watched once and understood, thanks Timothy!

  • @donnajenkins8774
    @donnajenkins8774 Рік тому

    Great demonstration with clear explanation. Thank you.

  • @Dannielperrez
    @Dannielperrez 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing. I have to use this for a social media report, super helpful!

  • @thembekileshato7226
    @thembekileshato7226 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you! This was straightforward and super helpful.

  • @willa0273223
    @willa0273223 3 роки тому

    Thank you massively. Couldn't believe this 8 yo video still helped me so much today!

  • @LIGHT200700
    @LIGHT200700 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you this was very helpful and clear.

  • @susanwatson2095
    @susanwatson2095 8 років тому +1

    Tim for a non excel person you made this simple and easy.

    • @roberthaddad2754
      @roberthaddad2754 8 років тому

      +susan watson I am glad tim is a non excel person. That is abnormal

  • @naitaawene
    @naitaawene Рік тому

    So one has a choice between sorting highest to lowest or vice versa to pick your sample?

  • @racheloxley5689
    @racheloxley5689 2 роки тому

    Amazing- just saved my bacon for a MSc thesis

  • @rainvar7158
    @rainvar7158 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for a straightforward and fast video :D

  • @GalowGobiye
    @GalowGobiye 2 роки тому

    Thank You so much. It helped me in a stressful situation ❤️🙏

  • @apputaiparambil
    @apputaiparambil 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you. Simple n crisp

  • @monicaivy2497
    @monicaivy2497 8 місяців тому

    Extremely helpful!! Thank you.

  • @abbiedoherty8440
    @abbiedoherty8440 4 роки тому

    this was the most helpful thing i’ve watched thank you so much!!

  • @carolinamonroy6855
    @carolinamonroy6855 3 роки тому

    Would it be ok for the college to ask for volunteers for the focus group? Why or why not? Are there pros and cons for each sampling approach? Which is best and why?

  • @rahul11
    @rahul11 3 роки тому +1

    Neat & Nice Trick. Working like charm even in 2021 :D And yes, the sort function is still present under the `Data` tab. :)

  • @soumenduchowdhury3212
    @soumenduchowdhury3212 5 місяців тому

    Great Stuff quick and simple !!

  • @alvinrundora7453
    @alvinrundora7453 Рік тому

    Thank you very much this helped A LOT❤

  • @drbrendaleecato8880
    @drbrendaleecato8880 Рік тому

    Thank you. That was very helpful

  • @scottmcdonell7549
    @scottmcdonell7549 Рік тому

    Just realized In needed this for my kids, randomizing vocabulary and spelling sheets for practice. Unfortunately the paste option on newer versions of Excel for Mac does not look anything like this, and every iteration of paste I could find I could not get it to work.

  • @feisalabdulaziz2675
    @feisalabdulaziz2675 3 місяці тому

    Brother I have a problem here,I use to bey Jackpot and I wrote down all the matches with their predictions forexample liverpool. 1. X. 2. Arsenal
    I have 13 matches I listed in that form,What I need is to get a randomized list of predicted results whereby the actual result will also be in my prediction,that means I need many lists,can I use excel for this and how to use?

  • @ejrawson8828
    @ejrawson8828 9 років тому +1

    Simple and all in 3 minutes. Great Job!

  • @shemekasimpson3567
    @shemekasimpson3567 11 років тому

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I watched three videos on how to do this before yours and I was confused... and lost... and lost some more. I get it now..

  • @ksauafea
    @ksauafea 7 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for this! Very helpful.

  • @Om-Shakir
    @Om-Shakir Місяць тому

    To the point.
    Many thanks indeed.

  • @deepakpl2304
    @deepakpl2304 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for helping brother

  • @TheMichaelhearne
    @TheMichaelhearne 5 років тому +1

    thank you... super fast, super simple... thanks to you lol

  • @vajnaistvan6035
    @vajnaistvan6035 3 роки тому

    Effective, pointing to target, great thx!

  • @vijaytalkhandkar7815
    @vijaytalkhandkar7815 7 років тому

    Thank you so much for the Demo. it was so helpful....

  • @lorandelko
    @lorandelko 4 роки тому +1

    super useful, thank you!

  • @miriamdelrosariovazquezper4415
    @miriamdelrosariovazquezper4415 4 роки тому +2

    OMG! this saved me, thank you soo much!!!

  • @AllisonJones2550
    @AllisonJones2550 4 роки тому +1

    Life saver! Thank you.

  • @HongKong1842
    @HongKong1842 3 роки тому

    I found out a problem. Although the rand and rank functions work well on my simple quiz excel sheet (selecting random questions for users), the content change every time when a user only edit an answer field.
    This is not only annoying but also messing up the answer corresponding to the original question. Is there a way to stop refreshing please? Thanks a lot for comment.

  • @kerfin
    @kerfin 9 років тому +2

    Awesome! That was a great tutorial; thanks :)

  • @goldgoddess_gg
    @goldgoddess_gg 3 роки тому

    BLESS YOUR HEART SIR

  • @bgilllruiz810
    @bgilllruiz810 Рік тому

    Has anyone encountered an issue when pasting. I copy and paste values, but I get an error message stating “you can’t paste this here because the copy area and paste….” And don’t know how to bypass it

  • @LoSubi15
    @LoSubi15 7 років тому

    Thanks for the demonstration!

  • @antheachristodoulou6917
    @antheachristodoulou6917 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much

  • @hessaad1
    @hessaad1 6 місяців тому

    Thank you!

  • @Harlem55
    @Harlem55 Рік тому

    Better to use a RAND call in php/mysql. The reason why is because phps RAND call is truely mathmatically random to a factor of probabillity of near infinity. In Excell, the formula they used is broken and the returned values are only random to a low factor of probabillity.

  • @lwisgonzalez9980
    @lwisgonzalez9980 5 років тому +1

    What method of sampling is this called?

    • @philipkomba5525
      @philipkomba5525 5 років тому

      the method for selecting sample size is simple random sampling BUT a technique is called a RAND()

  • @StephenBased
    @StephenBased 10 років тому

    Thanks! Great tutorial.

  • @tabithag.vcrefgtrytiy4241
    @tabithag.vcrefgtrytiy4241 4 роки тому

    How would I do a random sampling from a group of numbers and only return 5% of the numbers?

    • @CheckYourAssumptions
      @CheckYourAssumptions  3 роки тому

      Hi Tabitha-
      Thanks for your question. You would do the analysis the same way (create a rand column and sort by it), but then you'd only use the top 5% of rows. To figure out how many rows make up 5%, multiply the total number of rows in your data by 0.05. So for example, if you have 100 rows of data, 100 x 0.05 = 5, which means you'd only use the top 5 rows. I hope this answer was helpful.

  • @tpcohee
    @tpcohee 7 років тому +1

    Thanks! Very easy example! :)

  • @sasithaspiceexports2500
    @sasithaspiceexports2500 5 років тому +1

    Thanks a lot :)

  • @UmiArdan
    @UmiArdan 5 років тому +1

    Thank you

  • @nickygoodfellow5870
    @nickygoodfellow5870 9 років тому

    So useful, thanks!

  • @shannonhussein2455
    @shannonhussein2455 9 років тому

    THIS HELPED SO MUCH THANK YOU!!!

  • @makaujoy
    @makaujoy Рік тому

    Why didn't you sort from the largest to the smallest

  • @lauratwesigye6009
    @lauratwesigye6009 5 років тому +1

    I love you very much......hahahaha thanks a bunch

  • @taffywall
    @taffywall 11 років тому

    Thanks that was very helpful!!

  • @yasirjune69
    @yasirjune69 5 років тому +1

    Highly appreciated

  • @QuikQuirkies
    @QuikQuirkies 10 років тому

    That was helpful !! Thanks

  • @robertlyons9226
    @robertlyons9226 5 років тому +1

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @theeducatorkojokwadwo6173
    @theeducatorkojokwadwo6173 4 роки тому

    Using a population of 35 women and 10 men.
    a. Create an excel sheet containing their names and sex
    b. Create a random sample of 18 people.
    What does the B mean?
    Any help?

  • @FullGalvanized
    @FullGalvanized 10 років тому

    Thank you Timothy!

  • @alethiagonzalez3350
    @alethiagonzalez3350 9 років тому +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

  • @zarijafary
    @zarijafary 9 років тому

    awesome, thank you

  • @doh3565
    @doh3565 10 років тому

    Thank you so much!

  • @mariofutura
    @mariofutura Рік тому

    Undefeated

  • @drrabab86
    @drrabab86 8 років тому

    super like
    and super thanks

  • @sissyramos8890
    @sissyramos8890 10 років тому

    Super easy!! :)

  • @Del21fasho
    @Del21fasho 10 років тому

    Thanks!

  • @ehsanmosafarkhani5382
    @ehsanmosafarkhani5382 6 років тому +1

    thanks

  • @sbinnify
    @sbinnify 9 років тому +1

    YAAS! Thank you!

  • @miajones66
    @miajones66 8 років тому

    Thank you!!!

  • @pavithranravichandiran6720
    @pavithranravichandiran6720 6 років тому

    Great novel solution!

  • @umbnmbu4679
    @umbnmbu4679 4 роки тому

    maybe add 13 more digits to each record number, just to make it more confusing

    • @CheckYourAssumptions
      @CheckYourAssumptions  3 роки тому

      Haha- my apologies. In retrospect, I probably could have made this easier :) Nevertheless, I hope the video was at least a bit helpful.

    • @umbnmbu4679
      @umbnmbu4679 3 роки тому

      @@CheckYourAssumptions Thanks for your sportsmanship :) yes the video was helpful.

  • @brainlife
    @brainlife 2 роки тому

    audio issues

  • @capitanespacio2844
    @capitanespacio2844 7 років тому

    Great!

  • @franciscotexidor4901
    @franciscotexidor4901 8 місяців тому

    👍🏼

  • @Okayrl192
    @Okayrl192 3 роки тому

    Yes.

  • @unclassifiedclips
    @unclassifiedclips 2 роки тому

    2022 yo

  • @serenemary873
    @serenemary873 10 місяців тому

    1:58

  • @johnkylebuenavista2809
    @johnkylebuenavista2809 23 дні тому

    MT21 🎉😅

  • @eliheaney2102
    @eliheaney2102 3 роки тому

    Yep...Im going to fail

    • @CheckYourAssumptions
      @CheckYourAssumptions  3 роки тому

      Is there anything in particular that you find confusing? Maybe I can clarify.

  • @hussainsardarulmulk
    @hussainsardarulmulk 7 років тому

    Useless ! Can hardly hear it !

    • @elrincondegloria4194
      @elrincondegloria4194 5 років тому

      I can hear him very well...maybe you should turn on the volume lol

  • @gerbyherby1516
    @gerbyherby1516 10 років тому +7

    Haha, 3 minutes of wasted time! It can be done in 3 seconds, by just using the analysis toolpak.

    • @muthuicyrus
      @muthuicyrus 7 років тому

      how?

    • @sergioscudieri3585
      @sergioscudieri3585 7 років тому +3

      cyrusville Step 1: Go into Excel Options 2. Select Add-ins 3. Under that there should be a section called "manage" at the bottom. Select go 4. There will list a few options to add in. Select analysis toolpack. 5. Select data on the ribbon and on the very right side will display "Data analysis." 6. You select that and it will give you the option to display sample numbers from a population in whichever way you desire (one being random)

    • @bojarneving6847
      @bojarneving6847 5 років тому +2

      No, not wasted - the Toolpack applies sampling with replacement which oftentimes is less useful

  • @nuwagiraracheal2978
    @nuwagiraracheal2978 3 роки тому

    Thank you. This was helpful

  • @lwisgonzalez9980
    @lwisgonzalez9980 5 років тому +1

    What method of sampling is this called?

    • @CheckYourAssumptions
      @CheckYourAssumptions  3 роки тому

      This is a "Simple Random Sample" since each record has an equal probability of being selected.

  • @rebeccaholder668
    @rebeccaholder668 10 років тому

    Thank you!

  • @TheDestabilized
    @TheDestabilized 8 років тому

    Thanks!