Scaling Data

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Scaling Data

Postby iamtryingreally » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:46 am

Hi all,

I am using EViews8, and I am modelling VAR. Basically, I am following a methodology found in the literature to forecast crude oil prices, and one of the proposed endogenous variables is a proxy for the change in global crude oil inventories. The authors suggest scaling U.S. crude oil inventories by the ratio (OECD petroleum inventories over U.S. petroleum inventories). So, I have got the first variable (U.S. oil inverntories), and I have calculated the ratio. How do I scale this data? Does anyone know what was meant by the authors, and how do I scale the first variable by that ratio in EViews?
Any help will be much appreciated.

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Re: Scaling Data

Postby iamtryingreally » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:43 am

I mean what is the code to scale one variable by another variable? How can we scale data in EViews?

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Re: Scaling Data

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:00 am

Define what you mean by scale.
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Re: Scaling Data

Postby iamtryingreally » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:59 am

EViews Gareth wrote:Define what you mean by scale.


I mean combining two different variables with different scales (one measured in million barrels, another one is a ratio) to compute a new variable. Is there any command to do something similar?

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Re: Scaling Data

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:32 pm

Explain what you mean, in detail. Ideally using math.
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