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Re: st: median of consecutive groups - avoiding loops
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: median of consecutive groups - avoiding loops
Date
Thu, 12 May 2011 00:12:10 +0100
Looks good to me. Interesting question remains: whether a loop is faster.
Nick
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:03 AM, daniel klein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Nick, you are (of course) right. I did not read the messages very
> thoroughly. However, I think I can still offer a solution without
> looping. Might not be the nicest way to do it, but here is my fix
>
> g int newgroup1 = cond(mod(group, 2), group, group-1)
> g int newgroup2 = cond(mod(group, 2), group-1, group)
> bys newgroup1 : egen med1 = median(value)
> bys newgroup2 : egen med2 = median(value)
> g median = cond(mod(group, 2), med1, med2)
> drop newgroup1 newgroup2 med1 med2
>
> The median must be corrected for the last group if the number of goups is even.
>
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