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RE: st: Dummy variable transformation replacing missing data
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: Dummy variable transformation replacing missing data
Date
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:10:10 +0100
That's a very good FAQ but it's not quite what Joe is asking for.
Joe wants something like this:
egen x1 = max(x), by(id)
except to that to be safe this should only be used if the result of
egen xcount = count(x), by(id)
is at most one.
Nick
[email protected]
Ronnie Babigumira
This might be helpful
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/missing.html
On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Joe Dreyfus wrote:
> I have the following data.
>
<snip>
>
>
> The time period where the indicator is on is not relevant. I just need to know how to transform the variable so that if it is swtiched on in one time period it is transformed to be switched on for all time periods.
>
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