Oprah  +  208071 Tue, 21 Mar 06 12:44 PM I'm trying to describe a method that uses random data, but this data is restricted to a certain range. Should I say The MSS method uses similar but disordered data. or The MSS method uses closely related but random data. or If anyone can come up with a better suggestion. Oprah Joined on Tue, Mar 21 2006 New Member 25

	Kajjo  +  208197 Tue, 21 Mar 06 08:49 PM Hm, "closely related" sounds like a relationship between data that is far from random. The simplest way would be to stick to the truth: "The MSS method uses random data in the range of *** .. yyy." (no relation, just a range/condition) "The MSS method uses random data obeying the relation ...." (with relation and condition) If the data are a fixed set of elements in random order: "The MSS method uses the data ... in random order." If this is not satisfying, you probably need to supply more context. Kajjo Kajjo Joined on Sun, Dec 18 2005 Full Member 150

	Oprah  +  208260 Wed, 22 Mar 06 01:15 AM Thanks for your suggestions. Since I don't really have a formula for the relationship between the data, I will word it like this instead. The MMS method uses data that are random within a fixed range. What do you think? Oprah

	Kajjo  +  208812 Thu, 23 Mar 06 11:54 AM That's OK. PS It is strange to see the vulgar filter at work when describing a range as ***..yyy. Maybe somewhat overdone? How can the third-last letter of the alphabet be so provocant to anybody? Kajjo