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| From | Xixi Lin <winnielxx@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: How to calculate weighted mean |
| Date | Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:19:23 -0500 |
Thanks, Nick. I will remember to address my questions clearer next time. ^_^ Thanks again for everything. ^_^ Best, Xixi Lin On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > Anthony guessed right, but for future questions please note that > > This is my code ... and this is what went wrong ... . > > is immensely more helpful than just > > My code seems to be not working. > > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 5 December 2013 18:41, Xixi Lin <winnielxx@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks, Anthony. >> >> And thanks, Nick. >> >> That solves my problem! >> >> Best, >> Xixi Lin >> >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Thomas, Anthony >> <anthony_h_thomas@brown.edu> wrote: >>> Yep, egen can have multiple variables in the "by" option. They should >>> be separated with a space though (not a comma as in the example >>> above). Also options are separated by spaces as well, not commas. >>> >>> Anthony >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Xixi Lin <winnielxx@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Nick, >>>> >>>> Thanks for pointing this out. Btw, is it possible for egen to both run >>>> by country and by period? My code seems to be not working that way. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Xixi Lin >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> That is a user-written program from SSC. You need to install it using >>>>> >>>>> . ssc inst _gwtmean >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nick >>>>> njcoxstata@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5 December 2013 18:07, Xixi Lin <winnielxx@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to calculate weighted average return by country and by >>>>>> period. Here is my code: >>>>>> egen capweight_return = wtmean(Return_lead1), weight(Market_Cap), >>>>>> by(Country, Period) >>>>>> >>>>>> But the stata says "unknown egen function wtmean()", does anyone knows >>>>>> how to fix that? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Xixi Lin >>>>>> * >>>>>> * For searches and help try: >>>>>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >>>>>> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >>>>>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >>>>> * >>>>> * For searches and help try: >>>>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >>>>> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >>>>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >>>> * >>>> * For searches and help try: >>>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >>>> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >>>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >>> * >>> * For searches and help try: >>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >>> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >>> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/