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Re: st: How to drop subjects with missing values on all variables
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to drop subjects with missing values on all variables
Date
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:29:38 +0000
-dropmiss- (SJ) has an option to drop observations (presumably what
you mean by "subjects"). In Stata, type -search dropmiss- and install
from the SJ 8-4 files.
. search dropmiss
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SJ-8-4 dm89_1 . . . . Dropping variables or observations with missing values
(help dropmiss if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
Q4/08 SJ 8(4):594
update in style and content; added a new force option
STB-60 dm89 . . . . . Dropping variables or observations with missing values
(help dropmiss if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
3/01 pp.7--8; STB Reprints Vol 10, pp.44--46
drops variables or observations with all values (optionally
any values) missing
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:21 PM, shihying yao <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a quick way to identify and drop subjects
> with missing values on all variables (including string and numeric
> variables) in a dataset? I used to use "drop if" command. However,
> it'd get annoying if there are a lot of variables.
>
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