Would not - egen trademeantot=mean(trade)- be a shortcut to the desired
result, i.e. why go through the daily mean to arrive at the overall mean?
HTH
Martin
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beatrice Crozza
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Weighted daily mean
Dear all,
maybe again a simple question, but I tried to read the help and I
didn't find a solution.
I have calculated a daily mean for my variable trade, typing:
egen trademean=mean(trade), by(date)
now I want to calculate the total mean, so I typed:
egne trademeantot=mean(trademean)
but I don't think that the result is correct.
Do you have any idea of how to calculate a mean, taking into account
the daily mean?
Thank you very much
Best,
Bea
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