You have already received excellent advice from Friedrich. What do you mean by "new list of variables"?
For an introduction to the kind of problems you seem to have and how Stata deals with them, see NJC`s
http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0007
HTH
Martin
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> Datum: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:48:20 +1000
> Von: [email protected]
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: simple scripting and formulas
> Dear all,
> I have a question about creating formulas or scripts in STATA for my panel
> data set.
> I wish to normalise my panel data using the following formula:
> Vi-Vmin/Vmax-Vmin (where Vi is the actual value of a variable, Vmax is the
> manimum value in a complete data series, and Vmin is the minimum). How do
> I generate a new list of variables using this formula?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Allison
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