Indeed. I meant no disrespect to the economists! I'm likewise forced
to make decisions with insufficient data in my line of work, and many of
my colleagues routinely consider 3 replicates to be a sufficient sample
because "Its enough to calculate a standard deviation with".
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:17 AM
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Subject: RE: st: turning low frequency data into high frequency
Perhaps I should have underlined that
economists do this ... with the aid
of a so-called indicator series
at the higher frequency. Thus any
inferences, or implications, that this is "making it up"
are going too far. Like many statistical
procedures, it is a matter of doing the
best you can with the data you have.
Nick
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Wallace, John
> It seems like every field has it's own quirks - what's
> standard practice
> for some is verboten in others. In biology (and a lot of other
> sciences) we'd call this "drawing the curve, then plotting your data".
> I use the phrase to gently disparage someone who's cutting corners.
Mick Cox
> I think Fabia really did want what she
> asked for. Economists do this!
Fabia Carvalho
> > does anyone know if Stata can generate a
> > > series of high frequency data (eg. monthly) from an
> > > original low frequency one (eg. quarterly)?
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