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FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing missing values
2/03 How can I replace missing values with previous or
following nonmissing values?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/missing.html
Nick
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Nick Cox
> You've answered your own question. The answer is No,
> in your circumstances.
>
> Stata is not being awkward: it just doesn't see that
> your proposed -reshape- make sense.
[snip]
> Amber Katz
>
> > Thanks for all the responses to my previous question. One
> other one:
> > Will Stata let me "reshape" some variables wide and not others (the
> > ones that are time invariant and hence missing in
> observations 2 and 3
> > for each individiual)? When I try to do this, it tells me
> that those
> > variables are not constant for each person.
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