Dear Jet
I wonder if this example would help....
clear
sysuse auto
* say we want to split based on the mean of mpg
summarize mpg
* This will be spilt into a dummy variable, 0 is below mean mpg, 1 above
generate himpg = (mpg > r(mean)) if ! missing(mpg)
* show result
tab himpg
* compare result to original data
tabstat mpg, by(himpg) stat(min max)
I hope that is helpful to you.
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Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2010-02-16 1.02 AM, Jet wrote:
Hi, I am using egen to create new variables. Basically, I want to
recode a continuous variable into two groups, below or above the mean.
I tried this command: egen var2=cut(var), at (0, mean, maximum).
However, Stata turned out the maximum to be the mean. Any suggestion?
thanks.
Jet
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