Tae Ho Eom
> I want to get "inequal" values such as coefficient of
> variation and Gini
> coefficient for multiple units such as towns, cities, etc
> in a dataset
> which has house selling prices over 1000 cities and towns.
>
> Stata ado files don't allow "by" options. Please let me
> know the easiest
> way to get the values for multiple units. I am a STATA bigger having
> limited knowledge in programming.
Some Stata ados allow -by- either as a prefix or as an option.
In cases where this is not possible, there are various
approaches, including the use of -foreach-.
Check out the FAQ at
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/foreach.html
It may not sound like your problem, but it is really.
Nick
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