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Re: st: How to calculate weighted mean
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Xixi Lin <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to calculate weighted mean
Date
Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:19:23 -0500
Thanks, Nick.
I will remember to address my questions clearer next time. ^_^
Thanks again for everything. ^_^
Best,
Xixi Lin
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anthony guessed right, but for future questions please note that
>
> This is my code ... and this is what went wrong ... .
>
> is immensely more helpful than just
>
> My code seems to be not working.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 5 December 2013 18:41, Xixi Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks, Anthony.
>>
>> And thanks, Nick.
>>
>> That solves my problem!
>>
>> Best,
>> Xixi Lin
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Thomas, Anthony
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Yep, egen can have multiple variables in the "by" option. They should
>>> be separated with a space though (not a comma as in the example
>>> above). Also options are separated by spaces as well, not commas.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Xixi Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for pointing this out. Btw, is it possible for egen to both run
>>>> by country and by period? My code seems to be not working that way.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Xixi Lin
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> That is a user-written program from SSC. You need to install it using
>>>>>
>>>>> . ssc inst _gwtmean
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5 December 2013 18:07, Xixi Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to calculate weighted average return by country and by
>>>>>> period. Here is my code:
>>>>>> egen capweight_return = wtmean(Return_lead1), weight(Market_Cap),
>>>>>> by(Country, Period)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the stata says "unknown egen function wtmean()", does anyone knows
>>>>>> how to fix that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Xixi Lin
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