What about:
bysort order: egen qt2 = mean(Qt) / count(Qt)
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st: question on distribution of values
Dear Statalist Users,
Here's an example of the data I'm working with:
Order# Qt Zip
1 5 00011
1 5 00012
1 5 00013
1 5 00014
2 3 00021
2 3 00023
3 8 00031
3 8 00035
3 8 00036
Here are my problems:
1. The quantity of packages (qt) listed does not correspond directly to
the zip code. For example, Order #1 requested 5 packages, to be
distributed among each of four zip codes, or 1.25 packages per unique zip,
not 5 packages per zip code.
2. I have yet to find the correct syntax that would allow me to create a
variable that would show the distribution of Qt among the zip codes. I've
played with egen, but can't get it to work.
So my question is:
how can I take one value of Qt (or if needed, an average of Qt), within
each unique Order# and divide it by the number of unique zip codes by
order#? Also, if it helps, the order number is listed each
time the zip code changes, so a count of order# would probably work, too,
but I'd prefer to do it by Zip.
Thanks,
Andrea
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