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| From | Partho Sarkar <partho.ss+lists@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Selecting a sample to compromise between significant size and geographical dispersion |
| Date | Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:12:39 +0530 |
To clarify further, this is not really a case of defining a population by the size of units. What I am trying to do is to get a country level price-index as an alternative to the official index (which is also obtained from a sample of markets across the country, selected with similar considerations). The only reason to impose a cut-off is that I have found (as one might expect) that including EVERY market reporting a price at every date results in an index which is much more volatile compared to the official index. Partho * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/