st: re: ranking test scores

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

. egen rank =rank(score) ,field

Raphael wrote

I would like to create the variable rank based on the
variable score as given below.  This has proved more
difficult than previously thought. Can any one help?

         id       score       rank
  1.        8        90          1
  2.        7        40          2
  3.        6        20          3
  4.        5        20          3
  5.        4        20          3
  6.        3         8          6
  7.        2         6          7
  8.        1         6          7

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html

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