Re: st: How should I treat my dataset???Paneldata/cross section/clustering

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- On Thu, 17/3/11, ajita wrote:
> My confusion is how should I treat this data in order to
> get the effect of independent var on dependent variable.
> Should I simply use reg command in stata or is there
> anything I can do with this kind of data where I have
> same county, different communities and different salesyear
> within community.

The way to treat a dataset depends not only on the 
characteristics of that dataset but also on the substantive
question that is being answered and your theory. On top of that
it depends on "less scientific" issues like the tradition
within your discipline and/or the journal within you whish
to publish, and the type of audience you are trying to reach.

In other words we cannot help you with this question.

-- Maarten

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