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st: RE: RE: Dichotomizing a Variable


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: Dichotomizing a Variable
Date   Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:54:33 +0100

This will give you the wrong answer 
if there are any missings, and is
tricky to extend to problems with -if-
or -in-. Then there is the issue of -by-. 

An alternative is to link this 
to existing functions. 

FAQ     . . . . . . . . . . Calculating percentile ranks or plotting positions
        7/02    How can I calculate percentile ranks?
                How can I calculate plotting positions?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/pcrank.html

will lead you to a more general strategy. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Maarten Buis
 
> sort abc
> gen abcnew = _n > _N/2

Reg Jordan
 
> Suppose I have a variable, abc that consists of: 1 2 3 4 5 5 
> 6 7 8 9. I want
> to dichotomize the variable at the median.
> 
> generate abcnew = 0
> replace abcnew = 1 if abc > 5
> 
> What statement do I write that assigns one of the 5s a 0 and 
> the other 5 a 1
> in abcnew?

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