Re: [Gretl-users] help with adding new variable
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, mastro2387(a)tiscali.it wrote:
i have a problem with adding new variable in my dataset. I
have this variable just in annual data when my dataset is
quarterly based and when I click on 'add new variable' i can
just insert quarterly data: how can I insert these annaul
data in my dataset?
Open your annual data in gretl separately. Under the /Data
menu, choose to expand the series to quarterly, and save the
expanded data. Then open your quarterly dataset and append the
expanded annual data.
Whether this makes good econometric sense depends on the
context.
Allin Cottrell