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st: Making a variable overall follow a normal distribution
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Ruth Young <[email protected]>
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st: Making a variable overall follow a normal distribution
Date
Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:09:49 +0100
Hello,
My question involves missing data:
I currently have generated a combined variable (let's call it a+b+c) and according to tests for normality (SW test) it does not follow a normal distribution but I know in theory that it should. Is there some way in Stata where I can generate a new variable (let's call it d) based on the mean of a+b+c that follows a normal distribution.
The reason why I think it does not follow a normal distribution is that I think there was such a large proportion of missing data that influenced the resultant curve and I have 887 observation out of 2785.
Thanks!
Ruth
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