--- Sharon Kane <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is the basic technique I am using:
>
> xtile [new varname] = [var containing the numbers I want separated
> into quintiles], cut[benchmark figure quintiles]
>
> Using this technique (and many variations of it), I can't use nq(5)
> to identify how many cutpoints. Any suggestions? Is there a better
> way?
If you specify the cutpoints you can't specify the number of groups, as
this number is already defined by your data and the cutpoints.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room N515
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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