Reproducible Simulations

This video demonstrates the value and power of setting the seed for random number generation. Set seeds to make reproducible results of sampling, bootstrapping, etc., in your research. However, do not overuse this option (or at least be sure to use different seeds). Otherwise, there will be no randomness.


Source: weecology, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3yXnnSksM&t=16s
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