st: AW: sort of standardization

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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No html, right?

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clear*

set obs 100

gen x1=rnormal()
gen x2=rnormal()
gen str5 x3="Hello"

qui ds, has(type numeric)


foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)'{
	egen std_`var'=std(`var')
	su `var', mean
	
	gen rangecorrected_`var'=`var'/(`r(max)'-`r(min)')
}
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HTH
Martin

Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Ginevra Biino
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Mai 2010 16:30
An: Statalist
Betreff: st: sort of standardization

Dear Statalist,
I have to standardize many variables (in order to run PCA).
Besides generating the n corresponding std(varname) vars, which I have
already done, I also want to generate n new  variables obtained dividing
each variable by its range. Can anybody help me?
Ginevra
 


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