Use -egen newvar=std(oldvar)- to standarize it before you run your
regression.
It's curious that people's don't know/use this function in order
to obtain standarized coefficients.
Roy
>
> My question concerns the scaling of coefficients. I have used the
> program on non-standardized explanatory variables and need to convert
> the resulting coeffients to standardized coefficients, that is, the
> coefficients that would have resulted if all variables had been
> standardized (ie. sd=1). How would you suggest doing this conversion?
>
> Best,
>
> R Maltev
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