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st: re: merging datasets and getting different N in resulting dataset if I


From   Kit Baum <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: re: merging datasets and getting different N in resulting dataset if I
Date   Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:48:22 -0400

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This is a FAQ. Avoid N:N merges, for one thing; their results are unpredictable. When you sort the datasets (as you must prior to Stata 11) by the merge keys, use the stable option on the sort command.

Kit

Kit Baum   |   Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin   |   http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Stata Programming | http://www.stata-press.com/books/isp.html
   An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata  |   http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html



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