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st: RE: standardizing on [0,1]


From   "Nick Winter" <nwinter@policystudies.com>
To   <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Subject   st: RE: standardizing on [0,1]
Date   Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:01:13 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Chevalier,A [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On
Behalf Of Chevalier,A
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 12:58 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: RE: standardizing on [0,1]


Thomas,

the following should do the trick,

su var
gen nvar=(var-r(mean))/r(sd)

>>>>>>>>>>
I note that this will generate a standardized variable (mean 0, sd=1),
not a variable rescaled to run from zero to one.

Nick Winter
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