Dear Lindsey
tjeck out
recode and autocode (under functions)
and the command xtile
you could allso write a script using the locals after tabstat
if you know what locals are.
Kind reagards
Lars
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Lindsey Jeanne Leininger wrote:
> I apologize for posting a basic question.
>
> I am trying to generate a categorical variable from a continuous variable. I
> would like the category endpoints to be the 25% percentile, the 50% percentile,
> the 75% percentile, and the 100% percentile.
>
> I can do this interactively by typing tabstat var, stats(p25, p50, p75, max)
> and then using the gen command to manually enter what the tabstat command
> output. However, I would like to automate the process. Does anyone know the
> code for this?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!!
>
> -Lindsey Leininger
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> Lindsey Jeanne Leininger
> Ph.D. student
> University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
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