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st: RE: Dichotomizing a Variable
sort abc
gen abcnew = _n > _N/2
HTH,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Reg Jordan
Sent: vrijdag 7 april 2006 16:31
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Dichotomizing a Variable
Suppose I have a variable, abc that consists of: 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9. I want
to dichotomize the variable at the median.
generate abcnew = 0
replace abcnew = 1 if abc > 5
What statement do I write that assigns one of the 5s a 0 and the other 5 a 1
in abcnew?
Thanks for the assistance.
reg
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