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Re: st: why do I lose data, and changes my data when I create new variables and recode missing variables
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Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> |
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[email protected] |
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Re: st: why do I lose data, and changes my data when I create new variables and recode missing variables |
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Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:24:45 -0700 (PDT) |
muuszls,
It is impossible to answer your question "Is there something wrong
with how I save or open things?" because you don't show us how you
save or open your data. I suggest that you -summarize- gdivs after
each -replace- and other command that modifies your data to identify
the culprit. Maybe you are changing gdivs somewhere in your code
because a command is mistakenly applied to gdivs instead of the
intended variable.
Friedrich
--- [email protected] wrote:
> why do I lose data when I create new variables and recode missing
> variables?
>
> [snip]
>
> Then I have a variable gdivs (percentage of females in companies)
> When I summarize gdivs the mean is=26.98899
>
> [various -replace- and other commands]
>
> Now when I close STATA, save it under a new name and open it again
> another time the mean for gdivs changes from 26.98899 to a lower
> value. Sometimes 21, sometimes 10.91
>
> [snip]
>
> What do I do wrong? Is there something wrong with how I save or
> open things? Or with my commands?
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