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Re: st: RE: Random assignment


From   [email protected]
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: Random assignment
Date   Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:02:10 +0100

I think you meant:

replace y=uniform()<=`p' if y==.

Dario Consonni

----- Original Message -----
From: "FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SK) (NASA)" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 10:18 pm
Subject: st: RE: Random assignment

> Here's one way - suppose your dichotomous variable is y:
> 
> summ y
> local p=r(mean)  
> replace y=uniform<=`p' if y==.
> 
> Al Feiveson
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 12:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Random assignment
> 
> 
> I have a data set with 50 missing values for a dichotomous 
> variable, coded 
> 1 and 0; I would like to recode the 50 missing values to non-
> missing, 
> inserting 1 and 0's on a random basis proportionate to their 
> presence in 
> the overall data set. Any porcedure for this sort of thing in 
> stata. 
> Thanks.
> 
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