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RE: st: RE: Standarized Zscore


From   anju parthan <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   RE: st: RE: Standarized Zscore
Date   Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:57:29 -0800 (PST)

Hi Nick

Thanks. I am not sure I understood your comment.

Are you referring to the explanation given by William
Sribney in the following link

http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/supweight.html 

Thanks for your time

Anju



--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:

> Neither -zscore- nor -center- supports
> pweights. 
> 
> This seems to be the first mention in this 
> thread of survey data. Is the concept of 
> standard deviation well defined for survey 
> data? If not, the whole idea of a standardized
> variable would appear not defined in turn. 
> 
> Nick 
> [email protected] 
> 
> anju parthan
> > 
> > That was really helpful. Is there a way to
> calcualte
> > Zscore for complex survey data. I have information
> on
> > strata, psu, and sampling weights.
> > 
> Scott Merryman 
> 
> > > -findit standardized z-score- brings up -zscore-
> :
> > > 
> > > TITLE
> > >       zscore.  Creates new variable(s)
> containing
> > > standardized z-scores.
> > > 
> > > DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
> > > 	Program by Shannon Driver, StataCorp
> > > <[email protected]>.
> > >       
> > > 	Creates new variable(s) which contains the
> > > standardized z-scores for
> > > existing variables.
> > > 
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