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RE: st: STATA code for identifying similar observations within group id


From   "Chirantan Chatterjee" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   RE: st: STATA code for identifying similar observations within group id
Date   Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:10:49 -0400 (EDT)

Cheers, Chirantan.

> Answers interspersed below.
> 
> Nick [email protected]
> 
> Chirantan Chatterjee
> 
> About the new in_EE or in_OECD variable which takes 1 or 0, i essentially
> need a variable irrespective of Pub_nbr observations, that is 1 for any EE
> inventor or OECD inventor observation - right? Why then do i need the
> -merge- command, am i missing something here.
> 
>>>> You don't need the -merge- approach, and I didn't say that you do,
> but it is a good one. Why it is a good idea and how it works are explained
> in detail in the two FAQs I directed you towards.
> 
> About the code: bysort pub_nbr (in_OECD) : gen byte any_in_OECD =
> in_OECD[_N] == 1
> 
> Doesnt this generate a new variable, which takes 1, if all inventors in 
> pub_nbr, stacked one upon another are OECD inventors - whereas i need it 
> to be 1, even when i find just one inventor is from an OECD country.
> 
>>>> No. The subscript [_N] ensures that you will get precisely what you
>>>> 
> want. Even if there is only one such inventor, the observation for that 
> inventor will be last within each patent group, given the sort order, so 
> that it will still be true that -in_OECD[_N] == 1-. The command does quite
> a lot at once. For a tutorial on -by:- see 
> <http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0004>
> 
> SJ-2-1  pr0004  . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata:  How to move step by:
> step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>  Q1/02   SJ 2(1):86--102                                  (no commands) 
> explains the use of the by varlist : construct to tackle a variety of
> problems with group structure, ranging from simple calculations for each
> of several groups to more advanced manipulations that use the built-in _n
> and _N
> 
> About the last variable, i need to do the same, even if one of the patent
> applicant is from an OECD country - guess if you clarify the above can
> figure that out for  myself.
> 
>>>> I trust so.
> 
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