Google a postcode or zip code file for the map area. Use the zip code or postal code list as your index. Do the research to fill in other address information you will need later. You should now have an excel file with one row per address. You are now done step 1 in your request. Then using Steven's help suggestion create a random variable in a column beside the address info. Setting the random variable is what is known as sampling in a sense. Say a random number between 0 and 1 and if greater than 0.5 you select them if less you don't select them. You can filter your address list on the value of the random variable and presto you have your list of addresses randomly selected. If you can't do this then hire a statistician. Read a book on sampling methods. On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Babiga Birregah <bbirregah@gmail.com>wrote:
thanks but my concerns is that: 1) how to pick a list of postal addresses corresponding to a given area or city (from a map) 2) and then randomly choose some of them to fill my excel column of addresses regards Babiga
2014-04-29 1:26 GMT+02:00 Lovaas,Steven <Steven.Lovaas@colostate.edu>:
I would number another column in your address list and then run your random-number generator against that.
Steve Lovaas
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On Apr 28, 2014, at 5:11 PM, "Babiga Birregah" <bbirregah@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all I am wondering if anyone knows how to fill randomly a spreadsheet with a list of address picked from a given area or region or city? thanks for your help
Regards, Babiga --
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