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by phr
Wed May 20, 2009 10:29 am
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: skipping a large number of observations
Replies: 5
Views: 7100

Re: skipping a large number of observations

I don't think I can post the workfile, as it contains confidential tax information. It is a four-dimension panel workfile with 128399 obs. Here were the steps I used: 1) Took an alpha series which contained multiple entries with different names but the same information, and created a value map. 2) U...
by phr
Tue May 19, 2009 2:22 pm
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: skipping a large number of observations
Replies: 5
Views: 7100

Re: skipping a large number of observations

If you want to delete them, you can use the Page Contract tool to remove them from the workfile. If you just want to remove them from the sample, you can use if statements in your sample condition to remove them. Using page contract reverses the dimension of my panel workfile i.e. the dimension was...
by phr
Tue May 19, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: Data Manipulation
Topic: skipping a large number of observations
Replies: 5
Views: 7100

skipping a large number of observations

I have a very large panel dataset. Due to some double-reporting, I need to skip or delete a large number of observations, where the only unique identifier is an alpha series. I tried assigning a value map and then using the smpl command, but this didn't work. Any suggestions on which approach to try...

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