MCENTER: Stata module to center variables at their means

Jeffrey S. Simons ()
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Jeffrey S. Simons: University of South Dakota

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: This routine centers variables at their mean and creates new variables, C_varname, with a mean of zero. New variable names are unique and will append numbers to the end as needed. Variable labels specifying the variable is centered (and the subset the centering was based upon) are attached to the variables. Use of the options can center variables at mean +/- some multiple of the sd.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8
Keywords: centering; data transformation; mean; standard deviation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-08-26
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc inst mcenter". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/mcenter.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m/mcenter.hlp help module (text/plain)

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