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Re: st: Create a Dummy Based on Standard Deviation
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Create a Dummy Based on Standard Deviation
Date
Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:47:10 +0100
This sounds like a strange idea: you have precise information on a
variable, so why not use it?
But the Stata syntax could be something like
gen within = inrange(X, 14, 22)
See also
SJ-6-4 dm0026 . . . . . . Stata tip 39: In a list or out? In a range or out?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
Q4/06 SJ 6(4):593--595 (no commands)
tip for use of inlist() and inrange()
Nick
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Shan Ghimire <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a panel data on 'X', say i=100 and t=5, giving N = 500, with mean=18 and sd = 4. Now, I want to create a dummy variable 'Y' for each observation where Y =1 {if the observation 'X' is within 1 standard deviation from the mean of X}, otherwise give it a value 0.
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