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title: "Using the Simulator"
slug: "using-the-simulator"
updated: 2024-08-10T11:23:15Z
published: 2024-08-10T11:23:15Z
canonical: "userguide.dataclassroom.com/using-the-simulator"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://userguide.dataclassroom.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using the Simulator

You can quickly learn how to drive the Simulator by taking a look at our Classroom-Ready simulation, "How many babies...".

Click [here](https://dataclassroom.com/en/simulation/6/sim) to open the simulation. You'll see something like this:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/sim_view_800x.png)

Do the following:

- Enter a value in "number of samples" - e.g. 100
- Click the green "**Run**" button ![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1655986060735.png)

You should now see something like this:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/with_samples_800x.png)

### Anatomy of a simulation

The various elements you now see are:

The **"run" (i.e. set of samples)** you just generated. You can see how many samples were in this run, the date and time it was generated, and under the little **i** button you will see some descriptive statistics of the samples.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1655986501279.png)

A **histogram** of the sample value distribution:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1655986619134.png)

A table view of the samples in the run. Only the first 100 samples will be shown, if you generated more than these:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1655986838947.png)The **Create Dataset** button. From this button you can make a DataClassroom Dataset out of this run of samples:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1656064604282.png)

The **Simulation Model**. Here you can see the name of the model, and the fact that it is generating values for a variable (called the **Response variable**) called **Birthweight (g):**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/62f8f41e-e041-42c4-b9bc-8ae1eb45d064/Images/Documentation/image-1655987340530.png)