Chris wrote:
in order to fit the distribution of wildtypes/genotypes in my
population, I want to change the order of the values coded in
z1_gene_x.
I'm using the recode command:
. tab z1_gene_x
group(z1_ge |
ne) | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
G | 8 0.17 0.17
T | 4,684 99.83 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 4,692 100.00
. recode z1_gene_x 1=2 2=1
(z1_gene_x: 4692 changes made)
. tab z1_gene_x
group(z1_ge |
ne) | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
G | 4,684 99.83 99.83
T | 8 0.17 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 4,692 100.00
It seems like recode actually does what it is supposed to.
However, it does not change the label, what is somehow confusing.
According to the manual, recode supports the label option,
but not for just keeping the label...
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The manual and the online help says about -recode-'s -label()-
option:
label(name) specifies a name for the value label defined
from the transformation rules. label() may be defined
only with generate() (or its synonym, into()) and
prefix()...
You can define value labels within the -recode- command:
. recode z1 (1=2 "G")(2=1 "T") , generate(z2)
The label name becomes -z2-, unless you specify the -label()-
option:
. recode z1 (1=2 "G")(2=1 "T") , generate(z2) label(z2lab)
Your example illustrates the danger with -recode- without the
-generate()- option: you may change the meaning of codes in a
way that may lead to serious mistakes. I wish that -recode-
required either a generate() option or a -replace- option;
it would be in line with the safety precautions built into
Stata with other commands.
Hope this helps,
Svend
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