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Re: st: dummy variable
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Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
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Re: st: dummy variable
Date
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:00:09 +0200
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Jing Zhou wrote:
> I have a sample period from 2000-2009. now I am considering to add a dummy variable into the regression. for the year of 2009, only 24 out of 550 observations (<5%) valued at 1 of this dummy. for 2008, 31 out of 502 observations (<5%) valued at 1. further, for the year of 2000-2002, the missing value rate is 61.19%, 31.91%, and 13.33%, respectively. for other variables of the regression, i can get relatively complete data value of each observation. therefore, is it still necessary to include this dummy in my regression? thanks!
What is this dummy variable supposed to measure?
-- Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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