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Re: st: Need help to create variable from list of qualitative variables
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prakash singh <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Need help to create variable from list of qualitative variables
Date
Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:28:14 +0530
Thanks Nick, I got it now.
Best
Prakash
On 3/7/11, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know what kind of explanation you seek here.
>
> Here is an example. 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3. Subtract from 7, and
> you get 4. If you want to check this out directly with Stata, use
> -display-.
>
> Also, to find out what the -egen- function -rowtotal()- does, look in
> the help for -egen- explanation. The name -rowtotal()- is in fact
> indicative, meaning "row total" across a varlist.
>
> Alternatively, if you didn't want what these calculations do, please
> revise your question.
>
> Nick
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:31 PM, prakash singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks a lot Nick
>>
>> Nick, if you do not mind can you just give me the hint on reasoning of
>> the command.
>>
>> Prakash
>>
>> On 3/6/11, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> In fact you might as well go
>>>
>>> gen myvar = 7 - (var1 + var2 + var3 + var4 + var5 + var6)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> egen myvar = rowtotal(var1-var6)
>>>> replace myvar = 7 - myvar
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:39 PM, prakash singh <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have six qualitative variable with two options (yes/no) in each
>>>>> question. Now, I want to create a variable using these six variable
>>>>> such that the new variable will have value equal to one if for all the
>>>>> six variables option is yes, then new variable will have value equal
>>>>> to two if for any five variables option is yes and no for any one of
>>>>> these.... and so on.
>>>>
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