Re: st: many dummy variables in one variable

[Scott Cunningham <scunning@gmail.com>]

On Oct 12, 2005, at 10:48 PM, FUKUGAWA, N. wrote:

> Suppose we create dummy variables from ids1 to ids50 by writing
> tab industry, gen(ids) ,
> how can I include 50 dummies in the model instead of writing
> reg y x ids1 ids2 ids3 ... ids50 ?
> Thanks in advance.
I usually do it like this:

reg y x ids*

So long as you don't have other variables, besides the dummies, with  
that kind of prefix (ids--), then regress y onto all fifty  dummies,  
as well as x.

scott cunningham
dept. of economics
university of georgia
athens, ga
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