John Hendrickx
> -desmat- will do this. Try -ssc describe desmat-
I tried -desmat- after my posting. I couldn't
see that it did quite this.
Example:
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log: C:\Stata7\desmat.log
log type: text
opened on: 3 Oct 2002, 09:30:21
. u auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. desmat : regress mpg foreign
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regress
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< snip >
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nr Effect Coeff
s.e.
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foreign
1 Foreign 4.946**
1.362
2 _cons 19.827**
0.743
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* p < .05
** p < .01
. d _x_1
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
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_x_1 byte %8.0g foreign==1
. tab foreign
Car type | Freq. Percent Cum.
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Domestic | 52 70.27 70.27
Foreign | 22 29.73 100.00
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Total | 74 100.00
That is, the variables created do not inherit value labels,
which I understood be what Roger wanted.
Nick
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