mean of date series is 730114.4?

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mean of date series is 730114.4?

Postby dsdsdsdsd » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:06 pm

hello ...

I have a dateid series, with range from 1978-2020 ... the mean is 730114.4 ...

any thoughts?

- thanks, Shannon

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Re: mean of date series is 730114.4?

Postby EViews Gareth » Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:06 am

Dates are stored as numbers.
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Re: mean of date series is 730114.4?

Postby dsdsdsdsd » Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:37 am

...I am not sure I understand the implications of that ...

if 1983 is stored as a number, then does that mean that it is stored as 1,983? ... and if so then wouldn't (1,983 + 1,984)/2 = 1,983.5?

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Re: mean of date series is 730114.4?

Postby startz » Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:11 pm


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Re: mean of date series is 730114.4?

Postby dsdsdsdsd » Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:20 pm

ok ... now I understand ... thanks


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