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INSINGAP: Stata module to insert a single gap observation at the top of each by-group

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  • Roger Newson

    (King's College London)

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Stata

Abstract

insingap inputs a dataset and (optionally) a list of by-variables. It sorts the dataset by these by-variables (if present), and then inserts a single gap observation at the beginning of each by-group, or at the top of the dataset if there are no by-variables. In the gap observations, values of the non-by variables are initialized to missing. However, the user may specify an existing string variable as a row label variable, and set its value in the gap observations to a value derived by decoding a subset of the by-variables, using the msdecode module of the SSC package sdecode. These gap observations may be useful when presenting the dataset. For instance, the dataset may be used to produce tables, using the SSC package listtab. Alternatively, the dataset may be used to produce plots, using the SSC package sencode to encode the row variable. insingap requires the packages sdecode and ingap, which the user can download from SSC.

Suggested Citation

  • Roger Newson, 2013. "INSINGAP: Stata module to insert a single gap observation at the top of each by-group," Statistical Software Components S457621, Boston College Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s457621
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install insingap". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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