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Re: st: how to merge datasets
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Dianne Devine <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: how to merge datasets
Date
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:26:07 +0000
Thank you Christina for your help and advice!
Kind regards
Dianne
On 27 Jan 2014, at 15:26, Christina Wei <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dianne, make sure all the datasets you have are in the same format
> (e.g. wide vs long), and that there are no duplicates, especially if
> you are dealing with administrative datasets.
>
> Here is a tutorial on dataset merging that you may find helpful:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/modules/combine.htm
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Dianne Devine
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thank you very much Anthony I will do this.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Dianne
>>
>> On 27 Jan 2014, at 15:10, Thomas, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dianne,
>>>
>>> Try looking at the "merge" section in the Stata manual. It is very
>>> helpful and has several examples. You can find this online or by
>>> typing "help merge" in the command window which should include a link
>>> to the manual entry.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Dianne Devine
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Dear Statalist
>>>>
>>>> I have 5 datasets downloaded from NHANES 2009-2010 and I would like to merge these please. I am a stata novice and would be most grateful for any help given.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Demographic
>>>> 2. Income
>>>> 3. Occupation
>>>> 4. Sexual Behaviour
>>>> 5. Oral HPV
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance
>>>> Dianne
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