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st: Matrix? Stack? Reshape?


From   buddyb <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Matrix? Stack? Reshape?
Date   Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:05:08 -0700 (PDT)

Maybe let me explain what I need like this...

Currently I have 5 respondents and 3 variables (apple,
pear, oarnge) coded as 1 2 3 .  My data set looks like
this:





--- "White, Justin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would check out the gen command and use the by
> option.  I am not sure
> how your data is "shaped".  You may need to reshape
> the data in order
> for my advice to work.  I am assuming you want 1
> variable.
> 
> You could use this:
> Assume there is a variable called fruit_type (apple,
> orange, and pear)
> and a variable called score (which would have the
> low, med, and high)
> 
> By fruit_type: gen fruit = score
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Justin White
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of buddyb
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am running STATA 8.  I am not sure what this
> procedure is called, but this is what I am trying to
> do:
> 
> For an example, I have 3 questions asking
> respondents
> to rate how much they like various fruits (Orange,
> Apple, Pear) on a scale of low med high.  So...I
> have
> a data table similar to the following:
> 
> 
>                 Low        Medium       High
> Q1. Orange
> 
> 
>                 Low        Medium       High
> Q2. Apple
> 
> 
>                 Low        Medium       High
> Q3. Pear
> 
> 
> Now I would like to combine these 3 questions into a
> new variable called Fruit that would look similar
> to:
> 
> 
> Fruit         Low           Medium     High
>      Orange
>      Apple
>      Pear
> 
> Is this possible or does it make sense?
> 
> Thanks,
> Buddy
> 
> 
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