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Re: st: Transformations
From
"Shittu, Aminu" <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Transformations
Date
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:13:00 -0800 (PST)
Thank you very much Maarten.
Aminu.
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From: Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:06:17 PM
Subject: Re: st: Transformations
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Aminu Shittu wrote:
> I am trying to create 4 new variables, from -var1-, that are log, square root, inverse and squared (quadratic) transformations. I will greatly appreciate some tips on how to go on with it.
gen log_var1 = log(var1)
gen sqrt_var1 = sqrt(var1)
gen inv_var1 = 1/var1
gen sq_var1 = var1^2
See: -help generate- and -help functions-
-- Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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