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Re: st: assymetric start and end dates in a panel dat set


From   stef salvez <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: assymetric start and end dates in a panel dat set
Date   Thu, 24 May 2012 11:16:28 +0200

thank you both

On 5/24/12, Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:02 AM, loggyedr salvez wrote:
>>> was extremely helpful. Should I upload an example of the excel file I
>>> have to take a look?
>
> --- On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Nick Cox  wrote:
>> Please don't send attachments! This is explained in the FAQ.
>
> I obviously agree with Nick. But on a more positive note, it is often
> helpful to see an extract of the data when answering questions and you
> can do so without sending attachments. For example see:
>
> http://researchnotes.eric-a-booth.com/2010/12/example-data-for-other-stata-users.html
>
> You can get the -writeinput- command discussed by Eric by typing in Stata:
>
> ssc install writeinput
>
> This has the added advantage that one only needs Stata to read that
> data, and it is safe to assume that everybody on the Statalist has
> Stata...
>
> -- Maarten
>
> --------------------------
> Maarten L. Buis
> Institut fuer Soziologie
> Universitaet Tuebingen
> Wilhelmstrasse 36
> 72074 Tuebingen
> Germany
>
>
> http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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