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Re: st: list x matrix
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richard boylan <[email protected]>
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Re: st: list x matrix
Date
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:43:34 -0500
I understand, but it cumbersome. It seems to me that there should be
a way of doing this without specifying the sum.
Incidentally, the other suggestion - to put in a matrix - is a bit
problematic if there are many observations (i.e., may lead to a matrix
that is too big for STATA).
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Scott Merryman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:56 PM, richard boylan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I had thought of doing that, but was wondering if there was a more
>> direct way of doing that.
>
> You could reference the matrix cells in a -gen- statement:
>
> . sysuse auto
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . matrix b = 1 ,2,3
>
> . gen z = b[1,1] + mpg*b[1,2] + price*b[1,3]
>
> Scott
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