Re: st: Normalize Variables by s.d. (programmatically)

[daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com>]

Ryan,

If you already have created your dummies, you migth want to pass them
in an option. This way you do not need to identify the dummies in
<varlist>. Kit's program would then read

prog drop _all
prog stdize
syntax varlist(ts) [if] [in] [, dummies(varlist) *]
tsunab vl: `varlist'
marksample touse
tempvar rs
qui g `rs' = 0 if `touse'
foreach w of local vl {
	qui replace `rs' = `rs' + `w' if `touse'
}
preserve
foreach w of local vl {
	qui summ `w' if `touse' & !mi(`rs')
	tempvar ww
	qui g `ww' = `w' / r(sd) if `touse' & !mi(`rs')
	loc neww: subinstr loc w "." "_"
	rename `ww' _`neww'
	loc vl2 "`vl2' _`neww'"
}
xtreg `vl2' `dummies', `options'
restore
end

Best
Daniel
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