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Re: st: replacing with mean
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Fabio Zona <[email protected]>
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Re: st: replacing with mean
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Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:46:04 +0100 (CET)
...one more thing.... is it necessary to generate a new variable of the mean? This consumes memory in stata..
----- Messaggio originale -----
Da: "Michael N. Mitchell" <[email protected]>
A: [email protected]
Inviato: Giovedì, 2 dicembre 2010 7:36:23 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna
Oggetto: Re: st: replacing with mean
Dear Fabio
Will this do the trick?
egen missrev = mean(revenues), by(industry)
replace revenues = missrev if missing(revenues)
Best regards,
Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2010-12-01 10.31 PM, Fabio Zona wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a set of industries, with a different number of firms in each industry; per each firm I have a value, say it be Revenues
>
> Industry Firm Revenues
> A 1 100
> A 2 150
> A 3 missing1
> A 4 120
> B 5 80
> B 6 130
> B 7 missing2
> ..
>
> I need to replace the missing value of Revenues with the mean of the Revenues within the same industries (For example, missing1 for firm 3, needs to be replaced with the mean of the values 100, 150, 120, that is, with the mean of the revenues of other firms 1, 2 and 4 which belong to the same industry to which firm 3 belongs).
> I need to do this hundreds of time.
> How can I do it easily?
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