I don't think this is true. If I remember correctly, "break variables"
are variables that you would specify with -collapse-'s -by()- option.
Joerg
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Frank Lopresti <fl2@nyu.edu> wrote:
> I don't think collapse does all aggregate does, collapse doesn't seem
> to allow you to create a aggregated file with several break variables.
> I guess you could accomplish this with a second collapse.
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Scott Holupka <scott.holupka@jhu.edu> wrote:
>> As a long-time SPSS user I had the same question the other day and the
>> -collapse- command worked fine.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Judith Saebel
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:12 AM
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> Subject: RE: st: STATA command equivalent to SPSS "aggregate"?
>>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to explore this.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Judith
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Williams
>> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2013 23:16
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> Subject: Re: st: STATA command equivalent to SPSS "aggregate"?
>>
>> If i remember my SPSS, You probably want -collapse-.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Judith Saebel <clickjls@esc.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> In STATA (version 11), is there an equivalent to the SPSS command
>>> "aggregate" please?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance for any advice.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Judith Saebel
>>>
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