Hello,

I'm running R 2.10.1 on Windows Vista. I'm selecting a random sample of
several hundred items out of a larger population of several thousand. I
realize there is srswor() in package sampling for exactly this purpose, but
as far as I can tell it uses the native PRNG which may or may not be random
enough. Instead I used the random package which pulls random numbers from
random.org, although in my extended reading  [vignette("random-intro",
package="random")] it seem like that may have problems also.

I'm curious what the general consensus is for random number quality for both
the native built-in PRNG and any alternatives including the random package.

Thanks,
Ben K.

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