This is an FAQ. Start with
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating group identifiers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and W. Gould
3/01 How do I create individual identifiers numbered
from 1 upwards?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/group.html
and feel free to return with unanswered specific questions. The advice in that FAQ can certainly be combined with prior random shuffling. On this post alone, I would advise that rather than a deterministic rule.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
delibera@illinois.edu
I have a new database where I have confidential information about individuals, including
their names, address and ID numbers that can not become public.
I need to create new ID numbers so that the database can become public. I thought
about doing in some different ways, like to create a new rule for a number based on the
old ID number, or to create random numbers.
But I would like to ask your opinion about the best way to do it.
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