Re: Calculating percent change using panel data set

Posted by Ruben Geert van den Berg on
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Calculating-percent-change-using-panel-data-set-tp5713457p5713491.html

Dear Ginny,

I don't entirely see the point to this, but it certainly isn't a problem. Just run

new file.

input program.

loop id=1 to 8000.

leave id.

loop v2=2008 to 2011.

comp v1=rv.uni(0,100).

end case.

end loop.

end loop.

end file.

end input program.

exe.

variable labels id"Hospital number" v1"Unemployment rate"v2"Year".

formats v1(pct2.0)v2(f4.0).

Best,

Ruben

> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:13:13 -0700

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> Subject: Re: Calculating percent change using panel data set
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> Hello Art,
> Thanks for taking your time to respond to my cry out for help. The data I
> provided was just an example and I actually have more than 8000
> observations. How can I enter the begining and end of data list without
> typing every observations hospital by year?
> Kind Regards,
> Ginny
>
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