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RE: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels


From   Joe Canner <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
Date   Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:20:19 +0000

-uselabel- might be better for automating the comparison between the two data sets

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:09 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels

Thanks Nick, you gave me an idea. I have two datasets, form two different surveys. I am told that the variables are the same, and that codebooks are the same, too, but I want to verify. What I can do is:

1. ask for -labelbook- (alphabetized) in the first survey dataset. 
2. copy the result from the screen, and paste it into a new file as a string variable, say <labelbook_1> 2. create a similar variable, <labelbook_2>, based on the second survey dataset 3. assert labelbook_1== labelbook_2 

Or something like that?

Jørgen


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Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Nick Cox
Sendt: 29. august 2013 14:32
Til: [email protected]
Emne: Re: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels

Not clear exactly what you are seeking. Presumably you have datasets that should be compatible but there are might be clashes in detail.

Running -labelbook- in each dataset separately and looking at the results should help.

A -decode- on each variable with value labels would produce string variables that should be compatible.

(-multencode- (SSC) is a tool to ensure that the process can be reversed consistently.) Nick [email protected]


On 29 August 2013 13:10, Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a simple way to compare two datasets with respect to value labels?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jørgen Meisfjord
> Dpt. of Health Statistics | Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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