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| From | Ebru Ozturk <ebru_0512@hotmail.com> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: split a sample |
| Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:00:36 +0200 |
Thank you Nick. After these commands, mysplit variable has been generated which seems a dummy variable. Mysplit is equal to 1 if the median value of weight is above the p50. Is that right? Kind regards Ebru ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:12:28 +0000 > Subject: Re: st: split a sample > From: njcoxstata@gmail.com > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > sysuse auto > su weight, detail > gen byte mysplit = cond(missing(weight), ., (weight >= r(p50))) > > Nick > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Ebru Ozturk <ebru_0512@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > How do we split a sample according to a certain variable? I want to split the sample by using median value of a certain independent variable. Which command should I use? > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/