I need to create a dummy variable from the following variable "A" with top and bottom 20%.
Dummy = 1 if the variable A is in the top or bottom 20%. 0 otherwise.
That'll be great if I can create a separate variable with actual values with the same parameters.
Thank you so much.
QURESHI, Qazi
Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex clear input float A . .035367593 -.007754944 -.03751326 -.005388259 .025513375 .034206796 -.12018293 . . -.08941586 -.24886952 -.0966722 -.09120546 . -.2598351 -.2656539 -.032589648 -.10558058 . -.026115904 -.04731255 -.11949994 -.04928521 . . .02226777 -.05854624 .11488034 -.13876732 .53168947 .03532645 . . .024657283 .05479456 -.006728888 -.007066709 . . . . . . . . . . . .04400846 .02803047 .0306746 .15099134 . . .04004798 .034285568 .04048123 . .50490487 . . . . . . . .09186901 -.53324586 . . -.08416321 -.09676182 .034453392 .06999123 -.3752935 . . .014568573 -.022249155 . -.005968199 .015290773 .018466849 -.02775632 . -.10529243 .3638915 . .009061279 -.10935211 -.3770917 -.15895937 . .037136786 . . . . -.08634812 end
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