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What is a method to create a list of categorical variables that have a distribution of counts that is normal?

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answered 2023-07-14 05:24:01 +0000

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One method to create a list of categorical variables that have a distribution of counts that is normal is to randomly generate values for each variable, ensuring that the probabilities of each category are equal. Then, using a simulation tool or statistical software, repeatedly sample from the generated values and calculate the counts of each category for each sample. If the distribution of these counts approaches a normal distribution with a large enough number of samples, the original list of categorical variables can be considered to have a normal distribution of counts.

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