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Nick
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:01 PM, sanja_lutzeyer@ncsu.edu
<slutzey@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> I have an exploded dataset (choice experiment) where every individual
> has 8 choices, each of which has 3 alternatives. Respondents are asked
> to rank the alternatives (that have different levels of attributes)
> from to 3.
> As such, I have 24 observations for most individuals (some individuals
> only answered 6 or 7 questions and so only have 18 or 21
> observations.)
> I want to find those individuals that always answered in the same rank
> order (independent of the levels of attributes offered). For example,
> they always ranked alternative 1 = 2 alternative 2 = 3 and alternative
> 3 = 1.
> How would I go about coding this in STATA?
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